Showing posts with label Owls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Owls. Show all posts

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Live !

Over the past couple of days I've been working on setting up a website, I'm pleased to say its now at a stage where it can go live. You can find it here cainscrimgeour.co.uk.

The site will continue to develop so keep stopping by :)

A quick half an hour tonight at Holywell was more than worth while, 3 Short-Eared Owls were hunting the main meadow. If you haven't been down to Holywell to see the SEOs yet I would highly recommend it, you don't need to travel any further than the public hide.


Monday, 12 March 2012

Short-Eared Owl

I'll be posting again later tonight, but here's some shots from this afternoon. Fully camouflaged up I headed down to a local site, knee deep in water, this is what I encountered.


Short-Eared Owl

Short-Eared Owl

Short-Eared Owl

Short-Eared Owl
Short-Eared Owl


Saturday, 13 August 2011

Night of the Owls

Late evening visit to Holywell tonight, myself and Stephen got down to the pond at about 20:30, it was just going to be a quick visit.


2 Dunlin were seen feeding on the public shore in the beautiful light of the setting sun, their reflections seemed to glow on the water. We moved on to the East Pool where all was quite, after moving off from there it wasn't long before we heard the Little Owl calling, and then the screech of Barn Owls with quick glimpses of ghostly movement.


A Tawny Owl could be heard in the distance, calling from the dene.


Heading back up past the public hide at roughly 22:00 we could hear a Tawny Owl calling from what sounded like the housing estate. Getting closer and closer to the houses we were still confused as to its location, but positive it was a Tawny Owl. Following the sound we pin pointed it to a tree in a row which the lined the street. After a few minutes listening and watching we caught the silhouette of a bird flying from one tree to another along the row.


It was great to see local residents watching and listening from their front doors.