Amazing Eagle Owl Nest. Great information. Like # 37. Brilliant presentation and video Jane. Full Watch. Thank you for sharing this Interesting Video. Have a great Week and stay safe my Friend!
Hello again my good friend. The Eagle Owls are very few in numbers and are still not recognised as a British bird and therefore do not have the Shedule 1 protection that other birds do. Thank you for spending time watching and for your kind comments. Much appreciated. Have a great week ahead and stay safe. 👍◕‿◕
Great video, thank you very much for making it. A beautiful and fascinating bird that I am sure at some point was here in far larger numbers and can clearly survive and thrive here. Leave them be, protect them and except that they are back. 👍
Good morning Richard, it is no coincidence that their territories which are watched, do far better than those that are perhaps a little further to get to and therefore watched perhaps an hour later in the mornings and an hour less (earlier) in the evenings to give the 'watchers' the chance to actually get off the moors safely, before dark. You can draw your own conclusions as to why this seems to be and what happens to the birds, nest, or probably both. Peregrines, Hen Harriers, and Shorties will take fewer Grouse chicks than the masses of Lesser Black-backed Gulls in Bowland do. I know they are still birds, but if Natural England would see the situation for what it is, perhaps they should allow some of the Gull colonies in Bowland to be 'managed' in return for leaving the raptors alone? The numbers of their bloody Grouse would rise, as would the shooters 'bags' at the end of their days 'sport' (yeah, right), and we birders would be able to watch the raptors more. Then the birders would get off the keeper's backs and we'd have a better chance of all getting along. But that will never happen and neither will any other suggestions which lead to raptors being left alone. Thanks for your supportive comment, my friend. 👍◕‿◕
@@WildlifeBirdsUK good morning. Personally I think the whole approach is back to front from the land custodians. We spend so much time preaching to the world about habitat loss and persecution of wildlife but when it comes to our own backyard where we can have a real influence (in the right way) we just twiddle our thumbs and point out that we’ve ‘planted 2000 trees in the last 10 years tho…’ It’s people like yourself though that are keeping the dream alive and I am least very grateful for that. I hope we can become more of an example to countries that we lambast and be a little more like places like Slovenia where they live with environment rather than try to control it and make it ‘pretty’ if there were more places for these beautiful keystone species to exist, there wouldn’t be so much aversion to having predatory animals in the countryside. Farmers, whether they like it or not, have to do more. Far too many sheep, and not enough trees and ‘wild’ areas. Thank you for what you do, and let’s hope the preservation and proliferation of tree planting takes hold in our culture with my daughters generation with the same gusto as it did when we were so keen to cut the trees down to keep the navy going back in the day🤞 It’s not insurmountable, especially when other far less developed countries like Pakistan can plant 1000s & 1000s of hectares of forest. You are so right about the gulls. They’re have far too much influence inland, usually at the cost of other birds. I live in Gloucestershire which is very rural but again it’s the farmers that are the main ‘custodians’ of the land with the national trust being up there too. I’m not sure if it’s the same all over the country, but I feel they are too intent on making things look pretty in order to make it attractive for people to spend time there. The byproduct of that is that clearly it doesn’t suit the wildlife as much as it could. I guess education is the key, and there are still so many reports of raptors being poisoned in order to protect livelihoods (grouse etc) which is so infuriating and the polar opposite of how it should be. I really hope the Eagle Owls I. Bowland flourish, seeing such an impressive bird in its natural habitat probably helping to keep the grey squirrel population at bay too, rather than the thousands of bloody sheep everywhere there’s some open land. Well that’s my Easter Sunday rant😂 thank you for your videos, there are lots people out there that support what you are doing mate👍
@@richardthornton3775 it's very sad and annoying, but the 'rumour' ( ͡ ͜ʖ ͡°) is that the gamekeeper at Whittendale (Dunsop Bridge) shot the (breeding) Eagle Owls there, as a parting 'gift' last season when he moved on. Who knows if it is true, but the EO's have disappeared from there. Fortunately, there 'might be' a second pair in the Forest of Bowland, which I will check on soon, along with other raptors I keep a watch on, etc. It's always nice to have support from keen birders and if the RSPB changed their stance of 'wanting rid of the EO's) they would stand a better chance. They should be recognised as British wild birds now, as they have bred here since the mid-80s... chicks of chicks are wild in my opinion, but at least 10 generations of them *surely* means they are wild birds? Then they should be schedule 1 protected. We want the same thing, as do the vast majority of birders and despite all the meetings between various bodies.... bugger all is done about this sensitive subject.
@@WildlifeBirdsUK I agree. Some of these decisions have to be as a result of some pressure from someone/where that has a vested interest but also a large(ish) investor. Either that or the RSPB are not really protecting birds. There is a lot of evidence to suggest they have been here and we’re indeed indigenous, so where’s the protection? It’s the same here with Boar. There are a lot in the Forest of Dean, probably the most in a single place in the country, and DEFRA still can’t make up it so mind what to do. There’s a huge moral (and right in my opinion) issue that they were 100% indigenous and it was pretty recent that they were here. They’re flourishing, and they are doing a lot of good in their natural habitat. (And yes to some gardens, verges etc) Too much fear unfortunately. They belong here, we can’t improve things by just doing the easy non risk things. It’s ridiculous. How we could go on..
@@richardthornton3775 I've seen some decent videos of wild boar and every time, I wish I could see them for myself, preferably with a litter of hoglets. I think the same when I see beavers too. Maybe one day I will. 👍◕‿◕
I found that encouraging....I mean the good advice imparted here and the fact that someone was en devouring to conceal the owls presence. However, for everyone person willing to protect them there appears a few more want to destroy them. The fight continues....all the best. Mark
Thank you for the comment Wye Explorer. I don't really like the idea of a number of birders actually not wanting them about and surely as Terry Pickford points out, people should keep away from the nests of such a very rare bird. I find the whole thing sickening and still don't understand why they are not classed as a wild bird? There have been some chicks hatch and fledged in the wild. Therefore they are wild birds, are they not? Or is it not all so simple? Does anyone else have an opinion on this?
I remember back in 2020 I saw one in Northumberland National park and again on the border of Durham and Northumberland. They are doing quite well in the UK. They’re in Essex and Kent too
Hello there Jamaal, yes they are doing well in most areas of the UK now and are seen more often than they were 20 years ago. This is due to pesticides being banned. Thank you for watching and for your kind comment. Much appreciated my friend. 👍◕‿◕
@@WildlifeBirdsUK Its amazing; and I’m happy to know there are people such as yourself who seek to preserve the life of this wonderful birds. Such a beautiful bird and awe inspiring. I do know of a part of the Pennines near to Weardale where there is at least one EO, it’s presence is made more apparent by the scarcity of Buzzards in this region. Thank you for your reply and keep up the good work.
@@JayWil771 I found a new location where I'm sure they nested last season. I have seen a young male, possibly 2nd season... twice in three visits. I found a probable scrape where there looks to be a past nest and one feather was there. I didn't get chance to check it this season as our car went kaput! Engine, turbo and timing belt all went. 11 weeks later and too late for it, we got another car. I intend to return one day in the coming weeks to have a good look around and take pic's and notes. It was great to learn ofyour site too. Thank you for your time and messages Jamaal.
in Scotland eagle owls have been coming for decades in bad winters from N Europe and many stay and nest, so the species is naturalised and should be left in peace
I believe they should be recognised as a WILD species once again and given a Schedule 1 protection. When I read of the RSPB wanting to 'nip them in the bud' it makes me wonder what the hell i support them for!
Terry Pickford is shown speaking at an old and currently abandoned eagle owl nest site in the Forest of Bowland (31st October 2016) which may have been used by a breeding pair of eagle owls this year. Rumors persist that there has been a single successful breeding pair of eagle owls in Bowland which fledged 3 chicks this year. This particular territory was last visited and videoed by Terry in June 2014 when the same nest scrape was found abandoned containing 4 eggs, two of the eggs having been eaten partially by corvids. Clearly someone had been visiting these eagle owl nests during the 2014 breeding season, between March-May causing the adult breeding pair to desert their nests when containing eggs. Lets hope that this year the lessons of the past have been learned and this year's nest site, if it contained eggs was left completely alone. Only time will now tell, we look forward to viewing the video footage taken in Bowland by the the One Show sometime this month, because viewers will be able to establish if this was the successful 2016 territory or not?
Thank you for your tireless work and that of your group Terry Pickford. It's such a pity there are not thousands more like you, prepared to go out into the field and keep an eye on anything suspect during the breeding season in particular.
I saw one in Cornwall back in 2016, it was perched on a telephone line with pointed ears, was at least two feet high.I think we should welcome it, and stop trying to play god by controlling things, if a harrier dies because of them it's sad but a part of nature.
Hello Hubert, I have also seen an Eagle Owl perched on a telegraph pole and was equally excited and impressed. I have been lucky enough to film wild Eagle Owls with young too but decided to keep the footage unseen by others for a while. I agree with you 100% that they should be left alone and let nature be. I also believe that a gamekeeper would likely blame Eagle Owls for any known or discovered Hen Harrier disappearance on any local Eagle Owls, as they are a ready-made excuse. It is a great shame, but the Eagle Owls have not been seen in these locations for a few seasons now. Who knows what happened to them?
Who other than gamekeepers would want to clear out all evidence of a nesting/breeding species? We shouldn’t be sidetracked from the fact that landowners / gamekeepers are responsible for the vast majority of raptor destruction wether adult, young, egg or nest and only instances of anonymous cctv pinhole camera apparatus will bring such criminal activity to the fore.
terry, why would you say there is no need for any one to kill 'em ? ( easy terry, i know the crack) yet nothing is done. we've a womble as p.m. now. as long as the plebiscite as as thick af, we've no chance.
It is unfortunate Bob that the scruffy lunatic in charge of the UK has said this year, "There is no better feeling than riding with the hunt after Foxes" He probably shoots 'fresh air' too as somehow I cannot see the bumbling idiot being able to use a gun.
Amazing Eagle Owl Nest. Great information. Like # 37.
Brilliant presentation and video Jane. Full Watch.
Thank you for sharing this Interesting Video.
Have a great Week and stay safe my Friend!
Hello again my good friend. The Eagle Owls are very few in numbers and are still not recognised as a British bird and therefore do not have the Shedule 1 protection that other birds do. Thank you for spending time watching and for your kind comments. Much appreciated. Have a great week ahead and stay safe. 👍◕‿◕
Great video, thank you very much for making it. A beautiful and fascinating bird that I am sure at some point was here in far larger numbers and can clearly survive and thrive here. Leave them be, protect them and except that they are back. 👍
Good morning Richard, it is no coincidence that their territories which are watched, do far better than those that are perhaps a little further to get to and therefore watched perhaps an hour later in the mornings and an hour less (earlier) in the evenings to give the 'watchers' the chance to actually get off the moors safely, before dark. You can draw your own conclusions as to why this seems to be and what happens to the birds, nest, or probably both. Peregrines, Hen Harriers, and Shorties will take fewer Grouse chicks than the masses of Lesser Black-backed Gulls in Bowland do. I know they are still birds, but if Natural England would see the situation for what it is, perhaps they should allow some of the Gull colonies in Bowland to be 'managed' in return for leaving the raptors alone? The numbers of their bloody Grouse would rise, as would the shooters 'bags' at the end of their days 'sport' (yeah, right), and we birders would be able to watch the raptors more. Then the birders would get off the keeper's backs and we'd have a better chance of all getting along. But that will never happen and neither will any other suggestions which lead to raptors being left alone. Thanks for your supportive comment, my friend. 👍◕‿◕
@@WildlifeBirdsUK good morning. Personally I think the whole approach is back to front from the land custodians. We spend so much time preaching to the world about habitat loss and persecution of wildlife but when it comes to our own backyard where we can have a real influence (in the right way) we just twiddle our thumbs and point out that we’ve ‘planted 2000 trees in the last 10 years tho…’
It’s people like yourself though that are keeping the dream alive and I am least very grateful for that. I hope we can become more of an example to countries that we lambast and be a little more like places like Slovenia where they live with environment rather than try to control it and make it ‘pretty’ if there were more places for these beautiful keystone species to exist, there wouldn’t be so much aversion to having predatory animals in the countryside. Farmers, whether they like it or not, have to do more. Far too many sheep, and not enough trees and ‘wild’ areas.
Thank you for what you do, and let’s hope the preservation and proliferation of tree planting takes hold in our culture with my daughters generation with the same gusto as it did when we were so keen to cut the trees down to keep the navy going back in the day🤞
It’s not insurmountable, especially when other far less developed countries like Pakistan can plant 1000s & 1000s of hectares of forest.
You are so right about the gulls. They’re have far too much influence inland, usually at the cost of other birds. I live in Gloucestershire which is very rural but again it’s the farmers that are the main ‘custodians’ of the land with the national trust being up there too. I’m not sure if it’s the same all over the country, but I feel they are too intent on making things look pretty in order to make it attractive for people to spend time there. The byproduct of that is that clearly it doesn’t suit the wildlife as much as it could.
I guess education is the key, and there are still so many reports of raptors being poisoned in order to protect livelihoods (grouse etc) which is so infuriating and the polar opposite of how it should be.
I really hope the Eagle Owls I. Bowland flourish, seeing such an impressive bird in its natural habitat probably helping to keep the grey squirrel population at bay too, rather than the thousands of bloody sheep everywhere there’s some open land.
Well that’s my Easter Sunday rant😂 thank you for your videos, there are lots people out there that support what you are doing mate👍
@@richardthornton3775 it's very sad and annoying, but the 'rumour' ( ͡ ͜ʖ ͡°) is that the gamekeeper at Whittendale (Dunsop Bridge) shot the (breeding) Eagle Owls there, as a parting 'gift' last season when he moved on. Who knows if it is true, but the EO's have disappeared from there.
Fortunately, there 'might be' a second pair in the Forest of Bowland, which I will check on soon, along with other raptors I keep a watch on, etc.
It's always nice to have support from keen birders and if the RSPB changed their stance of 'wanting rid of the EO's) they would stand a better chance.
They should be recognised as British wild birds now, as they have bred here since the mid-80s... chicks of chicks are wild in my opinion, but at least 10 generations of them *surely* means they are wild birds?
Then they should be schedule 1 protected.
We want the same thing, as do the vast majority of birders and despite all the meetings between various bodies.... bugger all is done about this sensitive subject.
@@WildlifeBirdsUK I agree. Some of these decisions have to be as a result of some pressure from someone/where that has a vested interest but also a large(ish) investor. Either that or the RSPB are not really protecting birds. There is a lot of evidence to suggest they have been here and we’re indeed indigenous, so where’s the protection?
It’s the same here with Boar. There are a lot in the Forest of Dean, probably the most in a single place in the country, and DEFRA still can’t make up it so mind what to do. There’s a huge moral (and right in my opinion) issue that they were 100% indigenous and it was pretty recent that they were here. They’re flourishing, and they are doing a lot of good in their natural habitat. (And yes to some gardens, verges etc) Too much fear unfortunately. They belong here, we can’t improve things by just doing the easy non risk things. It’s ridiculous. How we could go on..
@@richardthornton3775 I've seen some decent videos of wild boar and every time, I wish I could see them for myself, preferably with a litter of hoglets. I think the same when I see beavers too. Maybe one day I will. 👍◕‿◕
I found that encouraging....I mean the good advice imparted here and the fact that someone was en devouring to conceal the owls presence. However, for everyone person willing to protect them there appears a few more want to destroy them. The fight continues....all the best. Mark
Thank you for the comment Wye Explorer. I don't really like the idea of a number of birders actually not wanting them about and surely as Terry Pickford points out, people should keep away from the nests of such a very rare bird.
I find the whole thing sickening and still don't understand why they are not classed as a wild bird? There have been some chicks hatch and fledged in the wild. Therefore they are wild birds, are they not? Or is it not all so simple? Does anyone else have an opinion on this?
I remember back in 2020 I saw one in Northumberland National
park and again on the border of Durham and Northumberland. They are doing quite well in the UK. They’re in Essex and Kent too
Hello there Jamaal, yes they are doing well in most areas of the UK now and are seen more often than they were 20 years ago. This is due to pesticides being banned. Thank you for watching and for your kind comment. Much appreciated my friend. 👍◕‿◕
@@WildlifeBirdsUK Its amazing; and I’m happy to know there are people such as yourself who seek to preserve the life of this wonderful birds. Such a beautiful bird and awe inspiring. I do know of a part of the Pennines near to Weardale where there is at least one EO, it’s presence is made more apparent by the scarcity of Buzzards in this region. Thank you for your reply and keep up the good work.
@@JayWil771 I found a new location where I'm sure they nested last season. I have seen a young male, possibly 2nd season... twice in three visits. I found a probable scrape where there looks to be a past nest and one feather was there. I didn't get chance to check it this season as our car went kaput! Engine, turbo and timing belt all went. 11 weeks later and too late for it, we got another car. I intend to return one day in the coming weeks to have a good look around and take pic's and notes. It was great to learn ofyour site too. Thank you for your time and messages Jamaal.
Excellent video. Thank you!
in Scotland eagle owls have been coming for decades in bad winters from N Europe and many stay and nest, so the species is naturalised and should be left in peace
I believe they should be recognised as a WILD species once again and given a Schedule 1 protection. When I read of the RSPB wanting to 'nip them in the bud' it makes me wonder what the hell i support them for!
Terry Pickford is shown speaking at an old and currently abandoned eagle owl nest site in the Forest of Bowland (31st October 2016) which may have been used by a breeding pair of eagle owls this year. Rumors persist that there has been a single successful breeding pair of eagle owls in Bowland which fledged 3 chicks this year. This particular territory was last visited and videoed by Terry in June 2014 when the same nest scrape was found abandoned containing 4 eggs, two of the eggs having been eaten partially by corvids.
Clearly someone had been visiting these eagle owl nests during the 2014 breeding season, between March-May causing the adult breeding pair to desert their nests when containing eggs. Lets hope that this year the lessons of the past have been learned and this year's nest site, if it contained eggs was left completely alone. Only time will now tell, we look forward to viewing the video footage taken in Bowland by the the One Show sometime this month, because viewers will be able to establish if this was the successful 2016 territory or not?
Thank you for your tireless work and that of your group Terry Pickford. It's such a pity there are not thousands more like you, prepared to go out into the field and keep an eye on anything suspect during the breeding season in particular.
Jane Atkinson the rspb hate eagle owls and want them eradicated.i hope it's not just game keepers being blamed.
Wow eagle owl nest in uk
Not such good news for the Merlin's or Harriers. Think the UK Eagle Owl populations are from lost or released captive birds.
I saw one in Cornwall back in 2016, it was perched on a telephone line with pointed ears, was at least two feet high.I think we should welcome it, and stop trying to play god by controlling things, if a harrier dies because of them it's sad but a part of nature.
Hello Hubert, I have also seen an Eagle Owl perched on a telegraph pole and was equally excited and impressed. I have been lucky enough to film wild Eagle Owls with young too but decided to keep the footage unseen by others for a while. I agree with you 100% that they should be left alone and let nature be. I also believe that a gamekeeper would likely blame Eagle Owls for any known or discovered Hen Harrier disappearance on any local Eagle Owls, as they are a ready-made excuse. It is a great shame, but the Eagle Owls have not been seen in these locations for a few seasons now. Who knows what happened to them?
Who other than gamekeepers would want to clear out all evidence of a nesting/breeding species? We shouldn’t be sidetracked from the fact that landowners / gamekeepers are responsible for the vast majority of raptor destruction wether adult, young, egg or nest and only instances of anonymous cctv pinhole camera apparatus will bring such criminal activity to the fore.
I wholly agree with your super comment Paul. 👍◕‿◕ It's about time these lenient judges dished out punishments to fit the crimes too.
terry, why would you say there is no need for any one to kill 'em ? ( easy terry, i know the crack) yet nothing is done. we've a womble as p.m. now. as long as the plebiscite as as thick af, we've no chance.
It is unfortunate Bob that the scruffy lunatic in charge of the UK has said this year, "There is no better feeling than riding with the hunt after Foxes" He probably shoots 'fresh air' too as somehow I cannot see the bumbling idiot being able to use a gun.