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Smallholding => Wildlife => Topic started by: Buttermilk on April 25, 2017, 09:37:27 pm

Title: Seen on facebook
Post by: Buttermilk on April 25, 2017, 09:37:27 pm

A barn owl raiding a goldfish pond.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK09cVICKGg&app=desktop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK09cVICKGg&app=desktop)

Title: Re: Seen on facebook
Post by: Fleecewife on April 26, 2017, 12:18:04 am

I was reading up today about tawny owls (I saw one flying here during the day, quite unusual).  Apparently they are known for raiding fish ponds.  I wonder if the owl in the clip is in fact a tawny? It looked quite dark for a barn owl, but hard to make out.
So I need to protect my fish pond from owls now as well as herons grrr.