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Image Taken on 20 Dec 2019
at 21:04 Image of day on 23 Jan 2020
Next night the Tawny owl turns up again at the end of the orchard.
This time there is no prey obviously showing.
These pics over 'a few seconds', arrival at the left.
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Image Taken on 05 Jul 2019
at 01:32 Image of day on 24 Aug 2019
A few minutes long Tawny owl visit. After the landing the bird was almost
'frozen' in place watching the grass on the adjacent path.
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Image Taken on 27 Jan 2017
at 23:04 Image of day on 06 Mar 2017
This Tawny Owl visited that bird table outside the kitchen window an hour before
midnight. The bird tripped the IR sense beam with it's right wing (our left). On
the CCTV recording we see that the bird stayed for about 10 minutes before
flying off to our right unfortunately without breaking the beam for a take-off pic.
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Image Taken on 11 Nov 2016
at 02:12 Image of day on 19 Dec 2016
Still folding wings as the Tawny Owl looks back at the nearby ground level
photo-sight where possibly the Fieldmice (Wood Mice) are scampering for safety.
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Image Taken on 11 Nov 2016
at 18:52 Image of day on 19 Dec 2016
Tawny owl landings about 3 hours apart showing us the top and bottoms
of what we think is the same Tawny owl - the less regular bird with
wider streak between the eyes.
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Image Taken on 18 Jan 2024
at 17:42 Image of day on 12 Feb 2024
Owl sightings other than at selected posts and perches are unusual, but
we see a few each year. Here this Tawny Owl lands in the currently dry ditch
but doesn't stay.
The static bird (left) hasn't actually moved from their landing position on the right.
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Image Taken on 02 Feb 2018
at 01:07 Image of day on 09 Mar 2018
The morning of Friday 2 Feb 2018 (Candlemass & Groundhog Day) saw the first of several sightings of Owls.
The first was this Tawny Owl landing at the kitchen window bird table
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Image Taken on 01 Sep 2016
at 20:44 Image of day on 20 Oct 2016
In the evening before the 19 minute stay a different Tawny Owl made a short
visit. First the bird flew to the thin post (top left) that holds the IR sense
beam sender (pale square with dark middle). We don't know whether the bird
perched on the sender or the top of the post (out of frame at the top left). The
bird then swooped down through the beam (lower left) flying to the photographic
target post (the landing missed while the camera flash was re-charging) where it
stayed for a couple of minutes.
Everything on the left is wildly out of focus because it is metres behind the target
perch, but we think interesting enough to show you anyway.
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Image Taken on 21 Sep 2018
at 20:40 Image of day on 13 Nov 2018
A Tawny Owl visits the kitchen window bird table.
The sense beams now runs to the left of the table so the bird
flapping wings on both landing and departure triggered the camera.
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Image Taken on 18 Mar 2016
at 22:25 Image of day on 22 Apr 2016
The 'Night' Shift - a Tawny Owl makes an elegant arrival.
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Image Taken on 08 Feb 2015
at 22:01 Image of day on 20 Mar 2015
This Tawny Owl landed on the Kitchen window perch on the 'proper
side' to fire the camera. We think the left wing (near the
feeder) has been partially folded to avoid impact with the feeder.
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Image Taken on 09 Nov 2024
at 20:21 Image of day on 14 Dec 2024
Next day this Tawny Owl lands on the Kitchen perch.
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Image Taken on 20 Dec 2022
at 01:34 Image of day on 12 Jan 2023
A few minutes later the same Tawny Owl lands on the Kitchen Window perch to
take this selfie.
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Image Taken on 05 Jan 2021
at 03:17 Image of day on 03 Feb 2021
This Tawny Owl lands at the kitchen window nicely in focus.
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Image Taken on 30 Nov 2020
at 03:04 Image of day on 03 Jan 2021
Probably the same Tawny Owl makes a landing on the perch outside the kitchen.
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Image Taken on 14 Oct 2022
at 00:53 Image of day on 19 Nov 2022
On the other side of the same midnight this Tawny Owl first landed on the kitchen window
perch. A few minutes later what we think is the same Owl spends a few minutes on the
meadow post.
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Image Taken on 09 Nov 2024
at 20:21 Image of day on 14 Dec 2024
Same moment on the Kitchen camera, caught slightly later by the trail cam
watching the same perch.
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Image Taken on 02 Sep 2024
at 20:34 Image of day on 18 Oct 2024
Next night are these two visits about 3 hours apart.
This Tawny Owl has brought some sort of rodent to the top of the Meadow Post.
Unfortunately the bird turned their back to camera while consuming his prize.
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Image Taken on 24 Apr 2020
at 03:11 Image of day on 14 May 2020
The 'new' Tawny Owl makes a neat landing on the kitchen perch
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Image Taken on 15 Aug 2022
at 04:45 Image of day on 27 Sep 2022
Near the end of the night this lovely Tawny Owl lands on the perch at the kitchen window.
Whether the natural interference of the Blackberry stem enhances or degrades the pic
of the Owl is open to question, but it made it clear it was time to exercise the secateurs!
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