Not too far from me. Did you find the site of the plane crash? (not recent lol).
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I can see the mast from our house.
In my last house, miles away in Cheshire, we could see it from the road, certainly when lit up red at night.
We are a couple of miles downhill.
Winter Hill air disaster - Wikipedia
Cheers. Is the site visible still then? memorial stone or something?Winter Hill air disaster - Wikipedia
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As you predicted;
The chap holding him is from the Barn Owl Trust, they asked if they could come and check the owlets, weigh them and ring them to help monitor populations and gather data to help in their conservation efforts. The owlets were then replaced in the box.
We have three owlets, all in very good health and well fed, so we are very pleased because we manage our field to maximise the number of voles, mice and shrews available. The adult owls are hunting from 8 PM every evening which provides us with more entertainment than any television could!
Yes, there is a pic of the plaque on the linked page.
That’s amazing. You are so lucky.
In the mid 1960's I remember seeing WWII German Bombers on the Carnedd range. Just lying in one case may have been survivors sort of belly flopped. can not remember how many a few some just bits of scrap. I remember that a chap late 1970's took a truck up and took remnants away. I also recall seeing the rear fuselage sticking out of a Farm Barn part of which projected out over the verge next to the road that may have been early 1960's or even late 1950's. Their was a book that I perused that pinpointed some of the wreckage of aircraft in the Snowdonia area probeable back in the 1970's It highlighted both military and civil air crashes An airliner crashed into Moel Siabod. I also remember walking past a small aircraft light aircraft wreckage 1970's but can not quite place where it was some where in the Snowdon range.
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Wow that’s fantastic.
We had two Long Eared Owl chicks, but they’ve fledged and appear to have flown the nest. Couldn’t find any trace of them the other night.
This is them at the start of July
We get great pleasure from watching the owls, but I wish I had your photography skills!
Ha ha - you wish you had my LightRoom skills.
Plus, they were sat in the bottom of a bush at about waist height probably 20 feet from a footpath. Was very lucky to see them there. I was looking up in the usual tree with the binos and another guy walked over and said ‘mate they’re in that bush there.’ Amazing luck really.Ha ha - you wish you had my LightRoom skills.
Ah but you've got to be in it to win it.
It's a great photo that you wouldn't have got if you'd sat at home watching TV.
We used to have a barn owl 30 years ago living here but it went away. We do have Towny Owls and can hear them at night calling from different places every night. Usually unseen because we have plenty of trees. Years ago I was in our lower woods, I was wearing camo and perfectly still for some time it was middle of the day. A Tawny Owl passed very close and perched a little over an arms length away. Both of us staring into the others unblinking eyes! I lost the contest and in the short space of time it was away and without a sound. Not the closest encounter that I have had with wild birds. I had a Merlin land on my head on one occasion. At another time a Golden Eagle was perched in our back dingle dell I was 15 -29 metres away. I understand it had been in the area for a little while but 20 miles away. Unfortunately was shot as this is what really happens in the country my baggers were wiped out too.
, something very comforting about lying in bed listening to them .Similar threads
