23 July 2014: Evening in North Gloucestershire.

In the evening I set off for an area near in North Gloucestershire to see whether the Barn Owls would come out before it got too dark and got there about 19:00. I wasn't too hopeful as the weather had been good over the last few days so they should have had no problems feeding overnight. As I arrived and parked up , the first bird I met was a Chiffchaff in the Hawthorn bush beside the layby.

At the first sight of an Owl on the barn I was quite hopeful thta I might get an early dispaly, until I realised it was a Red Legged Partridge.

 I took a walk down the lane while I waited and found a Yellowhammer basking in the evening sun.

 There was a Hare skulking in one side of a field

with a rabbit on the other side.

 On the other side of the road were these 3 Roe deer, quietly munching away.

 As I made my way back towards the Owls, another Yellowhammer appeared.

 and another Chiffchaff

 It was starting to get gloomy now, 20:40, but it was possible to make out the 3 owlets, who were starting to move about the barn.

 Eventually at about 20:50, a pair of adults appeared and flew around together for a while before starting to hunt..

Unfortunately it was now getting too dark for photography so I watched a while longer before leaving for home.