Monday 7th November

Last night (6th Nov) we tried to catch Owls. The wind looked good for us and by 10pm we had caught two. A Long-eared Owl first and then a Tengmalm's Owl. I tried for the rest of the night but failed to catch, see or hear any more.

Tengmalm's Owl - Perleugle- Aegolius funereus

This Morning then (7th) was very quiet. The wind restricted the amounts of nets we had up but I'm not too sure that made much of a difference. The Garden was silent at dawn. No Goldcrests, no Robins, nothing. Throughout the entire morning I managed to catch 12 birds. 4 Robins, 3 Sparrowhawks, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Blackbirds and a Dunnock.

Interesting sightings came in the form of a Long-eared owl leaving the garden (possibly the bird we caught last night?), a Red Kite, 3 Rough-legged Buzzards, few Sparrowhawks again and a notable passage of Yellowhammers and Bullfinch.

Photo: Craig Brookes
Posted by: Craig Brookes