What have you seen

Had a nice day  of birdwatching on the River Dee today. Started off at the RSPB reserve at Burton where the antics of the 100 or so Lapwings brought some balm to the soul. There were also about 100 Avocets there, our first Chiffchaff of the year, a lovely Goldcrest that had just had a bath and a Water Rail. Distant views of a Short Eared Owl on the marshes.

Patience finally paid off early evening. After a long wait, both 4 Short Eared Owls and a Barn Owl came out at 5.30 today. Just enough light to get some shots of the Barn Owl. 

Once again great Pic BM

Thanks OP. The OH is worried I might even give up watching sport, the time I spend on these Owls.

The Barn Owl is so beautiful to watch in flight and always provide those IF ONLY moments

If only the were closer

If only they flew earlier 

If only there were two

If only they would stay longer

If only I could stay longer

And the most annoying, If only the fool with the Drone would go home and stay home. He flies it just where the Owl likes to hunt. Might try to coax him to fly a bit further south. Australia perhaps.

Know what you mean BM.  The YBW returned briefly and sat on the feeder with his back to me, come on.....

Turn the feeder around

👏😜

Wow! Now that is a seriously brilliant addition to your garden list.

Still misty and murky here. Had my usual stroll over the moors and heard golden plover. Sounded quite close, and sounded as though there were quite a few of them but couldn't see a thing. Love the moors though, even in this weather. 😊

Great pictures, BM. Wish we were as lucky. We did see one yesterday about 2:00 in the afternoon, following the banks of the R. Witham & South Drain but too distant for any sort of photo. We were surprised to see it so early, but I guess that it had come out to feed after the heavy morning rain.

Interesting walk home from BIL, several hundred starlings flew across us did a quick murmeration and then disappear.