Having spent most of my lunch break looking in vain for goose flocks I pulled in to the layby at Burnham Overy for a quick scan. A distant Rough-legged Buzzard was sat on a post and a Short-eared Owl was hunting there. I once made a list of all the birds I've seen during lunch breaks and it was quite impressive. Don't remember what it came to but I do remember that Short-eared Owl was one of the more surprising omissions. A few years later and I think I've managed to continue avoiding seeing any lunch-break Shorties despite spending many a lunch overlooking coastal marshes where they are regular. Satisfying to have put that right at last.
I just had time to pop in to the car park at Burnham Norton where a Barn Owl was quartering. On the way back to the office 2 Bullfinches moved along the hedge in front of me rounding up a surprisingly successful second-half of my lunch break.
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