Last night from around 8.30pm we were watching 'Call the Midwife' waiting for the finale of that most popular of TV cop dramas, 'Line of Duty' to come on. As usual we were eating our tea from the knee while glued to the box when Jane said, look the Barn Owl is on next door's roof. Glancing up from my cheesy potato and vegetable bake, sure enough, our usual dark eyed female Barn Owl was sat peering in our window.
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| Barn Owl on the greenhouse. Photo is rough as it was taken through the window in near dark conditions. |
After about ten minutes, she up and hovered along the track behind our garden then landed on our greenhouse roof. She seemed to be watching for birds roosting in the conifers next door. I have seen a Barn Owl do this here before, at a late summer Starling roost that moved on 5,000 birds in one visit but to see her sat on the greenhouse was very unusual indeed.
The Owl dotted between three sitting points until it was too dark to see. I hope she found something to eat, as tonight's stormy wet weather is not going to help already hungry vole-starved birds to get by...
As for the Line of Duty ending, I liked it. I still dont think Buckells is the man for the job mind, but that remains to be seen. And the drubbing this last episode is getting on Twitter, I suspect these are from people who came late to the party and expected a bigger, more explosive finish...
2 comments:
Agreed Stewart, a well considered ending. No tidy finish. Suggestions that what was uncovered will get covered up again to save incompetence and possibly the bent coppers remaining. Open-ended for another series.
Yes, exactly Steve, people expect an American style all tied up happy ending I reckon...
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