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brandon mulhern


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Henry Cook wrote:

A bit quiet on the owl front today but a singing Reed Bunting and 2 Bullfinches were present. Some great looking habitat here though.




This is what i would call my local (walking distance) patch, the barn owl is by a long mile the only other thing of note i have seen here, there is a kestrel that patrols up and down the path and there are the bats which appear under the motorway most evenings. Oh and earlier last year have seen a single wheatear on the old landfill.
Never seen a reedbunting here unless it was further down toward the canal end, there is a resident wren toward the landfill end of the tip.

If you frequent the area toward dusk be very careful as the area adjacent to the tip (the little path that runs along side the tip) gets full of undesirables who climb the fence into the tip most nights. Their spoils can be see strewn alongside the path!
It pays to know what time the tips closes

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Henry Cook


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A bit quiet on the owl front today but a singing Reed Bunting and 2 Bullfinches were present. Some great looking habitat here though.

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brandon mulhern


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Fantastic to know it's still around, i have had one other brief sighting of it but not clear enough to get a photo.
I have to admit i worry about it's close proximity to the motorway as i know they don't look left or right to cross when they are hunting!

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Still present yesterday roosting in a hawthorn, seen at 11.30 and 2.30

info from Phil Davenport

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brandon mulhern


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After a very long Sunday tiling the mother in laws kitchen, imagine my absolute delight at 9.30pm to see in all it's glory a Barn owl fly gently from the tip across the slip road (next to the tip) and land in the trees next to the motorway! That was the one time in my life i was happy to be stopped by a red traffic light!

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 1st of May 2015 08:47:22 PM

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