Tawny owls are the most common owl in the UK, with an estimated population of around 50,000 breeding pairs. However, they are highly nocturnal and therefore more often heard than seen. They are the owl known for the twit twoo call which is actually made by a pair of owls with the female calling twit and the male calling twoo! This weekend I went out looking for four young owlets which recently fledged the nest and are now branching around the small wood where they hatched. W

Little Egrets are a small white heron with attractive white plumes on crest, back and chest. They have black legs and bill and bright yellow feet. They are smaller than the grey heron and about half the size of the great white egret. They first appeared in the UK in significant numbers at the end of the 1980's and were first recorded as a breeding bird in the UK in Dorset in 1996. From being a bird that once would have caused a twitch it's now a fairly common sight after its

Recently Yorkshire has become a bit of a hotspot for ospreys as they head south for the winter. One had been at Sprotborough Flash near Doncaster for 4 or 5 weeks so we decided to head on down and see if it was still about. It is named after its main feature, the flash, a long, water-filled depression parallel to the river Don. There's a path between the river and the flash and along there are 3 hides with seating and views over the water, and as we passed a couple with camer

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