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I had been talking to a dog walker a few days earlier and they mentioned seeing the owls and it was at a location I knew as I grew up just a mile away from it.
Left work and got there by 5pm. Light was good – hazy sunshine and it looked like it would remain that way until the sun set.
I setup about 30 yards from the tree – it is in the edge of a private field near a country road. Got settled in and waited.
After an hour and me losing feeling in my backside an owl landed in the tree and the took off within a few seconds. It never faced me – so hadn’t been spooked by me. It flew across the field to a tree around 200 yards away.
And there it stayed – about 30 minutes later another owl appeared on a lower branch in the distant tree.
I sat and hoped they would make their way over to the close tree but they stayed put – happy to preen and clean themselves.
After another 20 minutes the male bird swopped down to the female and they had a little cuddle then started mating – all 200+ yards away.
The light was fantastic on them and they got up to all sorts – I can only dream of what the photos would have been like if I had been closer.
Anyway – took a quick record shot of them – quality is awful with the distance / haze etc. But it will always remind me of the hours I spent and the spectacle I was privileged to see. Beats East enders and Coronation Street any day
Naughty Naughty by davepsemmens, on Flickr
Dave.
Left work and got there by 5pm. Light was good – hazy sunshine and it looked like it would remain that way until the sun set.
I setup about 30 yards from the tree – it is in the edge of a private field near a country road. Got settled in and waited.
After an hour and me losing feeling in my backside an owl landed in the tree and the took off within a few seconds. It never faced me – so hadn’t been spooked by me. It flew across the field to a tree around 200 yards away.
And there it stayed – about 30 minutes later another owl appeared on a lower branch in the distant tree.
I sat and hoped they would make their way over to the close tree but they stayed put – happy to preen and clean themselves.
After another 20 minutes the male bird swopped down to the female and they had a little cuddle then started mating – all 200+ yards away.
The light was fantastic on them and they got up to all sorts – I can only dream of what the photos would have been like if I had been closer.
Anyway – took a quick record shot of them – quality is awful with the distance / haze etc. But it will always remind me of the hours I spent and the spectacle I was privileged to see. Beats East enders and Coronation Street any day
Naughty Naughty by davepsemmens, on Flickr
Dave.
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