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Image Taken on 10 Feb 2009
at 16:08 Image of day on 03 Mar 2009
It didn't seem too bothered by our presence, and flew by
close enough for a 'portrait'.
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Image Taken on 01 Mar 2010
at 16:40 Image of day on 02 Apr 2010
A chance glimpse through a gap in the hedge and a trudge over the
fields brought us our first close encounter with a barn owl which
disdainfully ignored both photographer and camera noise to hunt
over some rough grass. These two images were 3 frames apart (so
accurate positioning would completely spoil the effect!)
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Image Taken on 14 Mar 2010
at 17:51 Image of day on 19 Apr 2010
In that few minutes between dark enough for the barn owl to emerge
and there not being enough light to photograph it, this barn owl
floated silently by lit by the orange sky.
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Image Taken on 10 Feb 2009
at 16:08 Image of day on 03 Mar 2009
We startled this barn owl from one of our fence posts, which then
proceeded hawk the area for 10 minutes or so. Of hundreds of
images we managed to get, here is our initial view.
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Image Taken on 30 Nov 2020
at 04:49 Image of day on 05 Jan 2021
Just before 5 a.m. this Barn Owl makes this lovely landing, but doesn't stay.
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Image Taken on 27 Jan 2020
at 20:24 Image of day on 21 Feb 2020
The Night Shift:
A Snowy Ghost in the night, this (ringless) Barn Owl takes just this one
pic of themselves in the whole week.
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Image Taken on 21 Mar 2016
at 05:08 Image of day on 20 Apr 2016
Just this one image of a Barn Owl making an attractive landing.
Notice the clear Alula feathers raised half way along the top of
each wing that provide the same effect as 'flaps' on aeroplanes.
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Image Taken on 13 Jan 2018
at 17:01 Image of day on 15 Feb 2018
This Barn owl graced us twice with a 10 minute gap, unusually landing in
opposite directions, having no 'into-the-wind' preference on this nearly windless night.
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Image Taken on 04 Dec 2019
at 03:30 Image of day on 01 Jan 2020
Several hours later on the same night, a Barn Owl visits again.
Eye plumage detail suggests that this is the same bird as the previous visit.
The ringed Barn Owl appears two days later.
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Image Taken on 10 Feb 2009
at 16:10 Image of day on 03 Mar 2009
The owl spent some time 'hopping' along the fence posts 70m or
so to our North. Not ideal for good images, but we rather like
this sequence probably lasting about 1 second in real time.
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Image Taken on 04 Feb 2025
at 19:16 Image of day on 13 Mar 2025
The end of the 'photo-week' brought this single image that seems to capture the essence
of this night hunter.
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Image Taken on 13 Nov 2024
at 05:02 Image of day on 18 Dec 2024
A minute or two later we get this lovely head-on landing through the kitchen window.
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Image Taken on 19 Jan 2025
at 01:16 Image of day on 27 Feb 2025
An hour after midnight this beautiful Barn Own is first sighted making this
back-to-camera landing on the Kitchen Perch ...
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Image Taken on 12 Feb 2022
at 01:43 Image of day on 17 Mar 2022
This immaculate Barn Owl lands on the post but doesn't stay.
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Image Taken on 03 Feb 2022
at 02:41 Image of day on 07 Mar 2022
The small hours sees this Barn Owl landing on the Meadow post.
The bird didn't stay this time - maybe it quickly spotted something
tasty on the ground beneath
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Image Taken on 02 Jan 2020
at 19:42 Image of day on 02 Feb 2020
The Barn Owl visits occasionally, but at the moment we see the
landing but the bird moves on within a minute.
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Image Taken on 04 Jan 2020
at 01:22 Image of day on 02 Feb 2020
The Barn Owl visits occasionally, but at the moment we see the
landing but the bird moves on within a minute.
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Image Taken on 03 Dec 2019
at 23:42 Image of day on 01 Jan 2020
This Barn Owl makes a flamboyant landing on the Meadow post.
Note that this bird has no ring on the right leg, so we are seeing at least two
different Barn Owls visiting.
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Image Taken on 09 Feb 2020
at 19:13 Image of day on 05 Mar 2020
Despite strong winds, this Barn Owl stopped by on the Meadow post for
less than a minute, though we had sighting of the bird continuing to hunt
from a more sheltered perch.
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Image Taken on 13 Feb 2020
at 23:52 Image of day on 05 Mar 2020
The 'slightly coy' midnight Barn Owl stops by for a brief visit.
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