Some more excellent photos to thread. I have to say I really like the four that Barbara has added
Today I met another WAB member, jonesboy58. The day around Leicestershire with him produced a few birds of the day. Pride of place must go to the Peregrine, closely followed by a Green Winged Teal. We also connected with a few Red Kite (the most oooo has ever seen in Leicestershire) a lone Dunlin and a couple of Egyptian Geese plus a large number of Goldeneye on Eyebrook reservoir.
Unfortunately with the dismal and cold conditions that were with us meant that none of them could be photographed, well until the last bird that is.
We ended up near a village called Great Easton. This is a site where there is a possibility of Short-eared Owl. I was reliably informed that we would be getting there too early to see them as they don't come out until about 16:00 onwards, but unfortunately I wantede to be home by 3pm as I had some work to do on my garden pond. Still oooo wanted to know how we got there so I rang my mate Steve for directions and soon we were on site.
After a scan of the surrounding fields I was lucky enough to see a Little Owl perched on a large red farm machine of some sort. I managed to get within about 100 yards of it and decided to try for a Digiscoped shot (far too far for a DSLR shot). Unfortunately the day was so dismal that I had to go up to ISO 400, (which really is a bit too high for digiscoping). After taking a few photos I walked back to oooo and he had found another Little Owl about 50 yards away from its mate. This one perched on a log pile but just as I was about to take a photo it moved and became partially hidden by one of the logs. I tried for some photos but they haven't come out that well. Mind you I'm not surprised as I had to go up to ISO 800 for the last shots.
Below are a couple of the best images taken of the first Little Owl.
John