David, Roger and I went to
Blueberry Farm this afternoon in the hope of seeing Short-eared Owl as there
had been two in the southern fields recently.
We approached the southern fields from Hanging Houghton, which is just
south of Maidwell. The weather appeared
perfect for the owls to be performing and we were quite optimistic in seeing
them. There were another couple of
birders on site when we arrived and another arrived just after ourselves. There was a male a female Stonechat that
performed well for most of our visit and we also saw two Buzzards, a Kestrel
and a Green Woodpecker as well as a nice flock of Skylark. However despite the weather seeming ideal we
had no luck with owls despite staying quite late. As the sun went behind the hills a mist began
to form over the area and when we left it was quite strange as it was quite
thick from ground level for about a meter but quite clear above.
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