Sunday 10 January 2016

Barn owl

We have seen a barn owl once before at West Stow Country Park but unfortunately it spotted us before we saw him and he took off from the his look out post before I had chance to focus the camera. On our last visit however we saw him from a distance and hoping he would go for the same post I was ready. He settled as predicted and we watched him from afar then gradually moved a little bit closer. He flapped his huge wings and moved a few fence posts down! He was huge (I'm assuming it's a he but I can't tell) we turned off leaving him to hunt then caught a glimpse again through a small wooded area. So chuffed to finally get a fairly decent photograph.




Sparrow hawk alert

I have seen sparrow hawk in the garden before, in fact we have had one demolish her lunch of collared dove on the grass while my husband and daughter watched through the conservatory door. Today I happened to glance out of the kitchen window and there was one sitting right in the almond tree, surrounded by empty feeders!