I am delighted to record this report of a sighting of a barn owl near Adel Church, sent to me by Alan Yarker.
“Just coming back from checking the cows at 9.45am this morning, back via Adel church, and there was a Barn Owl, hunting / quartering across the field just in front of the church. No doubt hungry after the few awful days of weather.
“It eventually flew off in the direction of Adel Mill down to the stream.
Ironically those fields, left fallow as they argue over what is to be built, are providing some good hunting habitat.
“The barn owl was still hunting at the field 3pm. This time I took my camera. Quite a distance away, but got some reasonable shots. Bit of a scrap with a Buzzard.
“With that bad weather passing, raptors were everywhere, within the fields around the church – sparrow hawks, kites, buzzards, kestrel and barn owl. They must be really hungry. Those fields set aside for building have proved a magnet.“
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