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| One of pair of short eared owls Cleeve |
Just recovered from my first cold in 5 years {yes I had flu jab} so I took my 2 springers for a 'healthy' walk on Cleeve Common today. Set off from Warden wood car park, at the eastern edge of Cleeve, and the dogs made full use of their freedom on one of their favourite walks. Weather was good, although not quite as sunny as forecast, and nobody visible mid afternoon. Wandered down one of the many paths which converge on the wash pool valley. As I steered down towards the upper middle of the wash pool valley I {probably the dogs} disturbed a pair of short eared owls which flew across my side of the valley to trees on the other slope. I carefully made my way down and across to where the owls had flown. At the same time I extracted my Nikon camera from my rucksack hoping I would get the chance of a picture. Managed to get a couple of pictures of one of the owls before they disappeared deeper into the small copse of trees. Didn't pursue the owls further since I didn't want to disturb them too much and the dogs although behaving well were getting restless. Anyway my first sight of owls on the Common and although the photos not as good as my
Hawling shots a few years ago it certainly added to a good winters walk.
