Worlaby Carrs

Anthony Bentley · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:01 pm

These birds haven't been seen by me but I have seen the information from other places/people yesterday. The news ahsnt been put on here so I thoguht other birders might want to know that our delightfull Owls are back

8 Short eared owls
1 Juv Rough-legged buzzard
1 Hen harrier

Stuart Britton · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:04 pm

It would be helpful for Colin and Sheila (who extract the records for the County Bird Report) to know who "these other people/places" are to verify the authenticy of such records.

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:23 pm

See these two links:

http://www.juncea.blogspot.com

http://www.pewit.blogspot.com

Well and truly authenticated i would say.

Steve.

Stuart Britton · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:05 pm

Thanks, Steve - just wanted to get you back on the Forum! Welcome back.

Russell Hayes · **Posted:** Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:57 pm

up to 6 Short-eared Owls seen today 22/10/11 at dusk.
Also:
10+ Common Buzzard
1 Sparrowhawk
10+ Kestrel
150+ Fieldfare
100+ Goldfinch
100+ Mallard
2 Grey Heron

No sign of Rough-legged Buzzard from 12:00 - 17:30

John T Goy · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:30 pm **Posts:** 2385

Won't be long before the masses arrive with parking at a premium!

Colin Smale · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:31 am

Yep, count me in on that :lol:

Graham Catley · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:20 pm **Posts:** 1667

Is it the only place in the country where you can see a Short eared Owl?

Nick Clayton · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:58 pm

Graham Catley wrote:

Is it the only place in the country where you can see a Short eared Owl?

Obviously not Graham, but people are presumably not aware of such obliging birds on their own local patches and are willing to travel to get crippling shots of this species, no law against that. I’m sure you can remember a few years ago there was an obliging SEO in Yorkshire which had people leaving their local patches to get nice close images.

Dean Eades · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 3:55 pm

Well put Nick =D>

Dean Eades · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:24 pm

Up to 8-9 Short eared owls back at Worlaby carrs Lincolnshire & RL Buzzard. Male & female Hen harrier..

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 5:25 pm

I don't mind the fact that people are travelling to see the Owls etc.,but as y.day was the first real day for people to arrive in numbers to photograph the owls,i noticed at least 3 morons already stood in the pasture field trying to get closer!,there has also been people standing in amongst the small conifer plantation down from the car park which is used by the S.e.O's and Barn Owls to roost.A little bit of common sense wouldn't go a miss with certain visitors,the last thing i want is more friction with the land owners.

Steve.

Colin Smale · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:34 am

Absolutely agree with this comment. Perhaps we should photograph THEM and post their crass behaviour on this web site! :evil:

Anthony Bentley · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:31 pm

Interestingly no photos on this photo album yet of the short eared owls? Is this becuase they aren't performing aswell? Are the birds distant unlike that one special bird we had last year that would just sit there for you!

Russell Hayes · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:50 pm

Anthony, the reason why no decent pictures have surfaced yet is the birds are not coming out to play until nearly dark, which is no good for photography. I suspect when the days get shorter and we have had a few frosts the birds will be more active in the daytime and good pictures will appear.

Russell

P.S. I have put a poor image taken at dusk of one SEO on my blog.
http://birdmanbirds.blogspot.com/2011/10/short-eared-owl-worlaby-carrs-october.html

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