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Heinzster
Heinzster
Jan 2019
11:55pm, 31 Jan 2019
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Sparrowhawk yesterday flashing past as I drove out of Sainsbury's. They have much classier birds than Lidl 😂
Rosehip
Rosehip
Feb 2019
6:21am, 1 Feb 2019
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:) Heinzster.

I saw something I couldn't ID whilst walking the dog at about 7 pm last evening.

Over frozen fields and windy but dry. Something owl-shaped, smaller than a barn owl and darker kept appearing just across the edge of my torch (chest torch) beam.

Calling sounded a bit like a kestrel, but it wasn't a kestrel.
flyingfinn
flyingfinn
Feb 2019
8:06am, 1 Feb 2019
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Sounds like it could have been a Little Owl Rosehip.
Rosehip
Rosehip
Feb 2019
11:16am, 1 Feb 2019
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I did wonder if it was - I don't think I've seen one before and certainly not around here, hopefully it was and I'll see it again :)
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Feb 2019
11:28am, 1 Feb 2019
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They are very territorial and diurnal ie not just nocturnal like tawnies and LEO. Keep em peeled whenever you are in the area. They’re great ‘perchers’ and love sitting on fence posts and hedge tops. There were several territories all around our old manor but I’ve not seen one here in a year :-(
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Feb 2019
11:31am, 1 Feb 2019
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flanker
flanker
Feb 2019
1:38am, 2 Feb 2019
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Seems to be far more SEOs this winter than I've ever seen mentioned before.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Feb 2019
7:40am, 2 Feb 2019
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Good winter for voles
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Feb 2019
3:30pm, 2 Feb 2019
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Little owl, a pair of dippers and a LTT on my first real outing post-op :-)
Rosehip
Rosehip
Feb 2019
4:09pm, 2 Feb 2019
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:)

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