Pittswood Birds

There was no patch visit today, apart from the walk in - and then the walk back again from work, where the only noteworthy occurrence were the two KESTRELS hunting over the Tree Nursery/Greenhouse Grounds.

The reason for not getting out on my patch this afternoon was that I met up with a friend, we then went on to Bough Beech reservoir, a few mile s away, to try and get some Barn owl photo's. We stood out in the chilly wind for some while, watching and waiting, but apart from a troop of Long tailed Tits, little was to be seen. A short while before dusk, I heard the ''chink chink chink' call of a Blackbird, the one they use to mob Owls and the like  :-) As my feet were now freezing I decided to go and investigate, more to get the blood recirculating than anything, but I was rewarded when from out of an ivy covered tree the Barn owl flew, giving me a brief but enjoyable view of it as flew across the field with the dying sunlight on it, I just about raised my camera, but got no sort of photo - a shame :-(  The owl headed off across an adjacent field and that was the last I saw of it - but see it I did - fantastic birds :-)