Continuing on from the blog a couple of weeks ago, one thing that I have been made much more aware of is the varied wildlife that surrounds me.
There is rarely a day where I don’t see a buzzard flying by, or a squirrel scampering off to the nearest tree. In the fields next to our house rabbits are a constant sight, as indeed are deer and foxes. I’ve spent many an evening trying to get as close as possible to photograph the animals as they show themselves at dusk. Unfortunately the lenses I have at my disposal do not enable me to get close enough for decent photographs to be taken.
Last week, when cycling to work, I had a special treat.
From my house I have to go up a lane before coming to a junction that joins on to the old main road to Frome (Called Brottens road). After turning into the road and travelling about 20 metres I was aware of a large bird sitting on the fence to the right, just ahead of me. As I got closer I could see that it was an Owl of some sort. I expected it to fly away but it just sat on the fence and carefully watched me as I peddled past. It was a good sized spe
cimen. At a guess I would say he was about 60cm height at least, maybe bigger. I passed within about 2 metres of it and found it fascinating to be able to see one so close without it being in captivity. Once I got to work I spoke to my boss, who is a keen bird watcher, and after giving him a description he was able to tell me that it would have been a young Tawny Owl. Apparently it’s quite a normal thing for them to sit on fences. An older Owl would have flown off. The picture shown is not one of mine but was found in Flickr and belongs to a set by Joanpix.My knowledge of wildlife is rather limited but seeing these wonderful creatures on a regular basis really encourages me to want to know more.
My biggest problem is that I have too many other interests and so find it difficult to spend as much time as I’d wish on learning something new.
This week's update is the village of Hemington.
I'm on location in France at the moment, hence the early updqte, so next week's blog will have news on where I've been and what photographs you have to look forward to viewing to on my return.
Thanks for reading, more coming your way next week.
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