I've been out watching owls this week, and it's been a bit of a mixed bag. Barn Owls failed to appear at all on Wednesday or tonight, but yesterday one appeared and successfully hunted for its nearby nest. After the owl flew around for 15 minutes or so, it did a fly-by, tracking across the fenland crops in the sunset — quite idyllic, and a scene I'm very fortunate to be so familiar with.
However, it was 23°C at 9pm (and worse tonight — 26°C at 10:30pm!), and the hunting was clearly exhausting for this owl as it tried to provide for its young. On reviewing the wildlife photos, it was very clearly panting. It's worrying to think of the young of all species still in the nest during a week like this. Let's hope the cooler weather coming this way is more favourable for all.
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