Is that a Monet?
Or were they Long Eared owls. Behaviour is very similar. Saw one a number of years ago at the High neb car park, and put it down as Long Eared Owl. (it was dusk).
friends reckon they spotted a couple of hen harriers very early (6am ish) on saturday near stanage end. their description was pretty accurate.
PS the way our gallant boys fly down the valley I'm suprised we haven't had a chinook or euro fighter in the back garden, ps the Lancaster from the BobMF came over at 50m on Sunday, very impressive
They're beautiful birds.I was surfing up in Northumberland at the North End of Bamburgh beach a few years ago and the gannets were diving all around us. Hitting the water with wings folded at great speeds really close by and then swimming underwater around our feet chasing whitebait. Can still picture it perfectly..
4 king fishers feeding from the same branch, nr Water cum Jolly.