Feeding Post

Thursday, 12th May 2005, page 2 of 2

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tawny owl'I haven't seen any voles around for a few days,' I said to Barbara earlier today. A month or two ago we regularly saw short-tailed vole, field vole and wood mouse scurrying around near the bird feeders, even during the day.

Perhaps this is the reason: at dusk Barbara calls me to see a tawny owl which is perched on the clothes post at the end of the lawn by the pond. Over the years we've heard and seen tawny owls on the lamp-post and telegraph poles at the front of the house but this is the first we've seen actually in the garden.

vole on the lawnBecause of the voles, we moved the ground feeder into the middle lawn, away from the cover of hedge and border near the patio. Perhaps the tawny owl noticed the vole activity. Next Page

Richard Bell, richard@willowisland.co.uk

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