Saturday, 7 February 2009

Short-eared Owl

At about 4.00 this afternoon, a fine view of a Short Eared Owl hunting successfully over the bog west of the old railway line at the north end and perching on the ruins beyond the Teifi bridge where I think the December birding outing saw it.
Also a male Hen Harrier flying low over the bog climbed to harass a Buzzard soaring 100ft or so above. The Buzzard regurgitated (I think) something fairly large and the Harrier did a vertical dive with folded wings to catch it just before it reached the ground. Has anyone else seen this behaviour in Harriers?

Philip Ellis