Monday 15 December 2014

Little Owl On Streatham Common tonight

At last my patience has paid off and at dusk this evening (16:18) I clearly saw the Little Owl (Athene noctua) I've  been looking for all this week, he saw me too and glared down at me before flying off, swooping to the ground and back up into a tree by the South side of the common. He was a bit bigger than I expected, hunched in the tree as a very rounded shape, so glad he hasn't moved away, despite the magpies that have recently been using his favourite tree. Also heard the laugh of a Green Woodpecker earlier on, confirmed by someone highly knowledgeable, Peter Newmark from the Friends of Streatham Common, thanks to Andrew for telling me about the Little Owl.




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