Out having a bit of a mooch around midnight a few nights ago. There have been some baby owls on the branches for the last week or so, little furry ones that can't hoot properly making a lot of racket !
Anyway there was a fox lurking around in the field below the tree. He either saw or winded me as it was quite bright and soon cleared off but I could still see glimpses of him with the red filter on about 75 yds away in the hedge, so he was hanging about, probably a young one.
When I went up the hedgeline the owlets weren't up in the tree, instead they were in an old hedgerow hazel only about two to three feet off the ground, alongside a bank. I chivvied them up into the higher branches and had a wee at the bottom of the tree, only hope they wise up before they become fox food.
Anyway there was a fox lurking around in the field below the tree. He either saw or winded me as it was quite bright and soon cleared off but I could still see glimpses of him with the red filter on about 75 yds away in the hedge, so he was hanging about, probably a young one.
When I went up the hedgeline the owlets weren't up in the tree, instead they were in an old hedgerow hazel only about two to three feet off the ground, alongside a bank. I chivvied them up into the higher branches and had a wee at the bottom of the tree, only hope they wise up before they become fox food.