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Little Owl taking flight from a dry stone wall.
The Little Owl is not a native species, having been introduced to Britain in the 1870s, but it appears to have occupied a vacant niche without having any detrimental impact on other species. Numbers and breeding distribution increased gradually, reaching an estimated breeding population of between 4,000 and 8,500 pairs at the time of Project Barn Owl. The current distribution extends across England, north to the Scottish borders and west into Wales, where it is largely confined to Anglesey and to eastern parts of the country. There have been very few records from Ireland.
Pairs remain on their breeding territories throughout the year, with territorial calling evident during autumn – when young birds are searching for breeding territories – and again during spring. Small cavities are favoured for breeding, these often located within hedgerow trees or the walls of old agricultural buildings. Favoured nesting chambers tend to be located some distance from the cavity entrance and with little daylight reaching them. The male will often perch close to the nest cavity while his mate is incubating her clutch of eggs.
Little Owls often hunt from a perch, taking small mammals and large invertebrates, including earthworms, cockchafers and other beetles. There is evidence to suggest that breeding success is linked to the availability of small mammals, though some pairs evidently do well on other prey; a pair breeding on the island of Skomer, for example, took a large number of Storm Petrels (Courtesy BTO).
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Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupidae) taking a breather from feeding young. Seen hear on the Spanish/Portuguese border of Western Spain.
A Painted Lady Butterfly feeding on Knapweed flowers - July 2021.
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Heading out of town for a few days. Just hope my pilot is not up to the 'tricks' the Canadian RCAF Snowbirds perform like this........:)
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Départ de la ville pour quelques jours. J'espère juste que mon pilote n'est pas à la hauteur des "trucs" que les Snowbirds canadiens de l'ARC exécutent comme ça ....... :)
This female Blue Jay quickly took advantage of the peanuts that were put out. She took 3 in her beak, flew off to parts unknown, then returned for more.
This Great Blue Heron took flight as soon as I put my eye to my camera. I dream of someday having that 500mm lens so I can capture these beauties without scaring them away.
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Oliver, the local hooded merganser takes a quick break before preening and then continuing his hunt for fish. I went looking for him yesterday and he was gone, hopefully flying south to a nice warm spot. Safe travels little friend!
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Pulsatilla styriaca, Häuselberg, Leoben, Steiermark, Austria. It is peak season now for these early pulsatillas. But some are late comers.
Safety Boat Services ‘Confidence’ (MMSI 235066524), built 40 years ago in 1983, ploughs through choppy waters near Berry Head taking a pilot to an oil tanker waiting offshore. Just looking at this picture makes me queasy…
I took advantage of the daylight savings time hour gain after work and headed out to the nearby ponds. Evidently these guys were feeding rather close consecutively for two days. I showed up and they were nowhere close! I did get this one at a fair distance before the sunset.
As we were making our way home through the Forest on Friday we spotted a large herd of cows in a stream. Whist the rest of the herd were crossing, these two just seemed to be having a moment. This is a really popular tourist spot in Brockenhurst where people sit at the side of the stream. It gets really crowded with children paddling in the water so locally it is known as "Brockenhurst Beach". I am not sure I would let any of my family paddle in there knowing what the cows sometimes use it as -lol
Water flows over the edge of Raymondskill Falls in northeastern Pennsylvania on its way to the bottom 150 feet (46m) below.
Dear PADDY don't worry any longer, as you can see in this picture, Juultje is taking good care of the little Teddy with the pink tummy.
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