I woke early this morning so decided to make a local trip in search of Little Owls. My Mum had discovered a family group on her dog walking routine so I just had to visit and see if they'd show for me. I arrived at 5.30am to find an adult Little Owl feeding on the grass and quickly found two juvenile birds and a second adult. I sat and enjoyed the four birds for a couple of hours before setting off for Rye Harbour down in East Sussex where I've been watching reports of Roseate Tern on the reserve for the last few days.
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| Little Owl |
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| Little Owl |
It was nice and breezy on the coast and I made my way around the reserve to Denny Hide which overlooks the tern colony. On arrival I was greeted by another birder who said he'd been looking all morning without luck but I noticed he only had binoculars so thought that with my scope maybe I could help find them and I wasn't wrong as the third bird in my scope was indeed a cracking adult Roseate Tern. (Bird 258 of 2013) I shared the view with the other birder and we managed to enjoy a couple of nice flight views before another adult joined us and showed well flying around the pools before landing in a nice place to give scope views for around ten minutes. Before leaving I managed to get another three birders on the target for which they thanked me. Lot's of Common and Sarnie Terns about but not a single Little was seen.
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| Little Owl |
A light lunch and a brisk walk around the antiques shops of Rye and I was on my way home where I cracked open some Amber nectar to celebrate the cracking views I'd enjoyed of both the Roseate's and the Little Owls.
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| Little Owl |
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| Juvenile Little Owl |
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| Little Owl in flight |
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