Mosber Lane Owls
17 June 2008
The pair of Tawny Owls that live on Mosber Lane have been successful with at least two Owlets this year.
My morning walk usually takes me along this lane and this particular morning there was quite a commotion, not only with the usual alarm calls of the hedgerow birds, but the clamouring of young Owlets to be fed.
As I stood under the old shattered Ash tree they live in, trying to get a glimpse, one of the adults flew across the lane clutching a sizeable prey – looked like a Blackbird. Having young, the adults will probably be doing a bit of 24 hour hunting to keep the youngsters satisfied.
An unusual amount of Toads seem to be meeting a grisly end on the lane, unlucky to be squashed under the infrequent farm traffic. Perhaps that means it’s a good year for Toads – overall population wise – not so good for the Mosber Lane casualties though…
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