With calm weather, plenty of sunshine and generally bright skies it was a fine day for photography on the West Cornwall high ground yesterday.
The Short-eared Owls were slow to move during the morning but things picked up as the day progressed with good sightings from three birds.
Aerial disputes seemed to be a more regular occurrence and were definitely of a more serious nature with the owls slamming violently into each other on several occasions.
Perhaps this zealous competitiveness is being brought about by the depletion of the Vole population due to several birds all working the same rough grass fields for quite some time now. The percentages of successful hunts seems to be a lot lower.
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