Recently, there have been several Short-eared Owls hunting at a place in Kent. 'Shorties' are one of my favourite winter subjects and as they have been scarce this winter, I was very keen to go and add to my portfolio of owl images. As a bonus, the site where I was headed had a regular Barn Owl which came out on most afternoons as well. So, in half term I made a couple trips down and was not disappointed - there were at least 3/4 Shorties hunting in the area when we visited, and the Barn Owl also came out and gave a great show. The icing on the cake was the discovery of a perched Shortie on a dog rose just as we were about to leave!
Barn Owl
Short-eared Owl perched
Short-eared Owl flying
Barn Owl flying
Short-eared Owl looking straight at me!
Short-eared Owl
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