Eagle Owl watching again this evening with the intention of giving Jim and Mary English their first sighting of these magnificent birds. On a grey but warm Sunday evening we waited and were eventually rewarded as it flew a short distance along the ridge. Patience was again rewarded as it repeated its short flight twice more before perching in a tree on top of the ridge - unfortunately on the far side of the tree but we could see its bulk through the sparse foliage. We then heard it call.
When it first flew two Red-necked Nightjars were in the air with it. Jim identified these for me. It made my night seeing something unexpected with two enthusiastic and experienced birders.
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