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Few mins ago 

Twit

Two...

So you are a mortal photographer after all!
But those barn owl shots were a treat.

Towels

Mortal photographer - most defo. 

I’m thinking about getting my proper camera on a tripod with slow shutter speed etc and getting a proper shot. I walked past 20 mins later and they had flown off. They nest (and live) in an odd hole/trench about one foot lower down in that photo. They then hop up out of their roost/nest and hang about and then fly off. But they are very stationary for a good while so it could work. Problem is, I broke my tripod!  

Was that the title of the less popular Frankie Goes to Hollywood track?

I love all your wildlife photos Bottom Clinger, keep them coming.

I have just created a flickr account today, so here is my shot of 2 owls.....

https://www.flickr.com/photos/194788854@N05/51819934647/in/album-7217772029...

Hope the link works

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I have reliable info of a long eared owl nest (if they are nest faithful that is) to stake out this spring, never set eys on one. Its all very exciting! 

I’ve never seen one either - good luck. 

Long eared owl is one of the winged thingies on my "to see" list. Actually all 5 UK owls are although I've seen tawny, little and short eared before.

There used to be long eared at Pennington (where I grew up) but I could never find them. One winter, 3 short eared lived in the fields that our house backed onto. Lots being seen on the Dee estuary. And hen harriers (think they had a reasonable breeding year)

I had a short eared coast past me about 5m away when I was putting rock shoes on at the very far skyline bouldering at the Roaches a couple of years ago - magical

Flickr can be a right pain in the ass for new users (me), thought the whole point of Flickr was sharing pictures, D'oh!

Here is a link to my owl album, only 4 pictures in it, but all nice owls.

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzyDyY 

Here is the Raptor album too...

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzyDMu