We headed to Eldernell, Cambridgeshire today, we entered the car park and was greeted by a Barn Owl flying low over a derelict barn, such a lovely welcome really do love these birds.
We parked car up and too are surprise there was two cranes flying in and landed in the field quite distant but could se them with the naked eye and clear views through bins and Dave's telescope, great to seem in the wild felt such a buzz.
Saw a flash of Kingfisher nice to see haven't seen one for a few weeks.
This day couldn't get any better we had only been here ten minutes and I already got a lifer, but as the day progressed more lifers came up, long walk down the grassland fields looking for short eared owl, didn't see one, but saw a whooper swan which i'm so pleased about had been waiting awhile to see one, distant but clear through Dave's Telescope.
We then decided to walk back to car park and have another look for the Barn owl and a cuppa tea in the car then have another walk later to look again for short eared owl.
We got back to the car park and Dave went wondering off how he does lol and came back all excited bless him, there was a short eared owl on the field in front of use quite far but absolutely stunning views through telescope, sitting on the ground in field so content, eyes closed then all of a sudden it would turn head and eyes wide open then close again lovely to watch, and stayed there all the while we were there for about an hour still sitting there when we left :)
Also as we were standing there Dave spotted two more Cranes different ones that's for cranes in one day amazing, and this car park was proving to be the perfect Bird Watching spot :)
Got some distant photos of the crane and short eared owl but not clear but nice to have a record shot.
Also as we were leaving we saw Red legged Partridge, nice to see again only got a quick glimpse last time :)
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