although by the end of day one after 11 hours & 22 miles on foot, i'd managed 4 of the 5 local owl species, with 2Littles, a Tawny, a dozen or so Shorties & half that of Long fellas.
Barn Owl though is still eluding me, but i did manage a bonus of a ringtail Hen Harrier while checking a regular Barnie hunting area.
Heres a Long roosting openly close to home at Durham City :-
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Lovely shot of the LEO Stevie - a special bird.
Not often you get an un-obscured view when they're in mature conifers, so I was pleased with those pics.
Been back to have another peek at this 1 today & he was in pretty much the same spot, a lot sleepier & not quite as visible - but nice to see. Weekends aren't the best time to visit or look as they tend to get bumped about by various human ( or even sub-human ! ) activity !
Atb Steve
Sorry, Stevie - only just got round to looking at this post. I could say (truthfully!) that I'm jealous of your owls (particularly the LEOs) up there, but I guess that the main part of the story is your exceptional skills at finding them.
Well done, and some really nice images there!
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