getting to know the new neighbours

[ArkAngel]

So we moved house about a month ago to a fully refurbed farmhouse. Plenty of room and gorgeous location!

After the initial madness had worn off we started to get to know our new neighbours, when i had found most of my camera stuff i set up the tripod and waited.......

not bad for 1/6th of a second....i hope to have another go when it's lighter and i can get a faster speed and hopefully a bit sharper

[ged]

A little beauty.

[Perrari]

Nice Shot !

[RonW]

Nice indeed!!
They have a nestingplace nearby?

[ArkAngel]

We think so, i keep setting trail camera's but i can't find it.

[blacktimberwolf]

We used to have a pair of little owls that nested in a hole in an old dead elm tree in a hedgerow along a path leading down to the house.....until that is, the landowner decided to cut down all the trees & rip out the hedgerow surrounding his field about 5 years ago......no idea what happened to them but haven't seen or heard them since...
I used to pass another couple about 500 meters away on doggy walks, who would stare at us from the entrance of their hole in a (live) lonely walnut tree on the edge of a field.......guess what happened to that tree last year.?

Compared to other birds of prey, they're pretty bold critters.....& noisy

[Tony]

that's cool.

We had a buzzard getting bundled by about 10 other birds the other day above our house and I was thinking it would be a great shot, i'd be fiddling about for ages trying to get setting right though so I just watched and enjoyed...

[Filterhoose]

Fantastic shot. Have never been lucky enough to see a Wee Owl on my forays South. We have oodles of Tawnies and Barnies around. A Barnie scared me ****less last month when I was kipping out in my hammock. Screeched its head of right above me.