Saturday 4 June 2011

Little Owls at Worlington

I had been told there was at least one Little Owl chick to expect - and that was all there appears to be. An early start paid off and I was able to capture the chick initially outside the 'nest' - a horizontal hollow telegraph pole - on arrival, followed by an adult returning to the area to feed a grub of some sort to the chick. The adult knew I was there and told the chick to disappear inside the pole, which it did! Decided I should leave after a short while so that the necessary feeding before fledging could continue. May go again tomorrow morning...


Wednesday 1 June 2011

Downstream of Clayhithe

Enjoyed a relatively new walk this morning and found some LBJs! Pleased to have caught a Goldfinch in flight (although it isn't sharp) and to have captured what I think is a female Linnet. Someone might be able to confirm whether or not it is? There are three images of warblers which may be the same species, or different. Can't make up my mind which of the two images with the warblers on cowparsley I prefer. Any thoughts?