CARELESS RAPTOR

What a privilege! I was driving home in the rain and gathering dusk when I caught sight of the Short Eared Owl landing on the fence at the lay-by where all the birdwatchers gather - except that there was nobody else there at all. I doubled back in the trusty Nissan mobile bird-hide, wound the window down and crept up close beside it and it posed most beautifully for a minute or two before swooping off. Another in extras. I'm still smiling.