Little Owl
While I was waiting for my Badgers to appear yesterday evening a Little Owl landed in a tree at the back of the garden. I occasionally hear them in the night ( www.xeno-canto.org/592430 ) but this is the first time I have actually seen one in the garden. This wasn't said Little Owl, but another I found on a walk about three miles from home this week. It isn't as close as I'd have liked but I liked the setting among the fresh sycamore leaves.
Little Owls were introduced to Britain in the nineteenth century and have now spread over much of England and Wales but Hadrian's Wall must be a barrier to them as they peter out rapidly in Scotland if you look at the distribution map: app.bto.org/mapstore/StoreServlet?id=284 According to BTO the British population is about 3600 pairs.
Little Owl
While I was waiting for my Badgers to appear yesterday evening a Little Owl landed in a tree at the back of the garden. I occasionally hear them in the night ( www.xeno-canto.org/592430 ) but this is the first time I have actually seen one in the garden. This wasn't said Little Owl, but another I found on a walk about three miles from home this week. It isn't as close as I'd have liked but I liked the setting among the fresh sycamore leaves.
Little Owls were introduced to Britain in the nineteenth century and have now spread over much of England and Wales but Hadrian's Wall must be a barrier to them as they peter out rapidly in Scotland if you look at the distribution map: app.bto.org/mapstore/StoreServlet?id=284 According to BTO the British population is about 3600 pairs.