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The owl season began in style this afternoon. I don’t know how many Short-eared Owls were flying, but at times there was frantic action all over the field, and I came home with several hundred photos. In the end I … Continued

I had stuff to do this morning, including running errands with R in Stratford, and I didn’t make it up to the owl field until just after 2pm, by which time it was impossible to park in the lane. Driving … Continued

Here’s the thing about Short-eared Owls: they’re tricksy. You can look at the weather forecast, check the wind speed, calculate how long you reckon they might have to feed themselves up before migrating northwards again, and think that today you’re … Continued

This morning I did my weekly web site update, then made up some butter bean stew (always known in this family, for reasons, as ‘slunge’) in the slow cooker, and finally prepped a third batch of marmalade. Then R and … Continued