Wednesday 3 April 2019

Little Owls: Wanstead Flats

Little owls have proven somewhat difficult to locate on our travels this year. Although we haven't gone out of our way, we have looked at some known sites while in those areas.
Knowing that Little owls have been reported regularly at Wanstead, We decided to go looking for them today. Heading towards one of the small copses we bump into NC and get some welcome local knowledge. Scanning the first area it's not long before the first Little owl is spotted. Another scan of a different copse provides another sighting of another bird.




The weather was quite changeable, with frequent rain showers followed by brief periods of sunshine.




We tried and failed to locate the Redstart Nick had found the previous day around Alexandra scrub, but we were more than happy watching the Little owls.

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