General (County) update - 24th October 2010

• Up at 5am again, to drive twenty or so miles to see if our short-eared owls had returned to their winter grounds quite near us.


• A glorious dawn greeted me after a glorious drive - its lovely just to put your foot down on empty roads occasionally...


• No owls yet, but a few hares, a few kestrels, a beautiful pale buzzard, some skylark, corn bunting and yellowhammer, lapwing and a couple of roe deer.


• Plenty of winter starling flocks n all (please click photo to enlarge) - I'll be back soon enough to see if my owls have made it back...