Spent an afternoon on the fen in the late November sunlight watching at least half a dozen Short-eared Owls hunting voles and generally, it seemed, being unsuccessful, like this grumpy looking fellow just after he'd dived down and come up with nowt.
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Just for the record among other raptors, there was a distant Barn Owl and I saw and heard a Merlin as I walked home.
@SteelFolk Yes. Chuffed to bits