Ornithology and wildlife around East Lancashire, Pendle hill and the Forest of Bowland, by Neil Mitchell

Tuesday 2 October 2012

Predator and prey


The coal tits are very messy feeders, discarding the seeds that they don't want . This is to the benefit of the voles below.















 There is more than one vole, this one stashing seeds under the slabs outside the kitchen window.
 













At lunchtime, I went out to the back field to check on "my" owls.














This is the more nervous of the two. They have roosted in the same area for at least 3 years. One is quite brown in comparison to its greyish mate.
Photo taken from about 20m away, the other bird was unconcerned by my presence.

Still a few swallows overhead today and many 7 spot ladybirds.







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