Remote Grouse Moor Tawny

Of all the roadside owls I expected to see on the moor tops above Stanhope, Weardale , the Tawny Owl would have been bottom of the list....

Well, what do I know....

I Followed the bird from post to post for 1.1 mile.

It looked to be an adult & on checking its likely this bird was 1.8 miles from the nearest stand of mature trees...

A Tawny Owl on a treeless Grouse Moor at 1,600 feet whatever next.......

https://goo.gl/nd3taw