CL with an owl

EileenFM
EileenFM Forum Participant Posts: 52
edited April 2016 in Certificated Locations #1

Stanley  (HWMBO) wants to know if the is  CL nearish to Derby that has a resident owl, or one that you could hear whist enjoying a bottle of wine in the evening.

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  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,641 ✭✭✭
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    edited April 2016 #2

    How near to Derby do you want to be? Try Priestfield Grange Farm, Old Brampton, Chesterfield. There are supposed to be a little owl there, and you can definitely hear Tawny Owls every night.

  • EileenFM
    EileenFM Forum Participant Posts: 52
    edited April 2016 #3

    Hi, don't mind being within 50 miles of Derby

  • Liam Holmes
    Liam Holmes Forum Participant Posts: 4
    edited April 2016 #4

    Not sure about CLs but you routinely hear owls at the Carsington Water site which is set in a pine forest near Ashbourne. Used it several times and it's a really nice site with several small pitching areas.

  • BirchHillFarmCL
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    edited April 2016 #5

    Our CL is 80 miles from Derby, but you might appreciate this video of a fledgling Tawny Owl that one of our guests filmed - 

    https://youtu.be/r1X9nsbc_ho

    You can also see a lambing video at http://www.birchhill.co.uk/videos/

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  • CholseyGrange
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    edited April 2016 #6

    If you fancy travelling a little further afield (2 hours from Derby), down into the Chilterns (Bucks) our CL
    Cholsey Grange has owls.  Owls can be heard most nights and there's an owl-box just below the site.  Last year was a poor year for owls, but in 2014 we saw the barn owls flying over the CL as regular as clockwork most
    early evenings and even spotted 2 baby owls (fledglings) sitting on the box one evening with one of the parents.  We hope the weather allows them to breed well this year.

  • misterg
    misterg Forum Participant Posts: 17
    edited April 2016 #7

    There is an owl sanctuary at the Red Lion Farm site in Haughton near Stafford. This is a private site with a tea room on site. The farm makes its own ice cream.

  • BirchHillFarmCL
    BirchHillFarmCL Forum Participant Posts: 187
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    edited April 2016 #8

    There is an owl sanctuary at the Red Lion Farm site .... ... The farm makes its own ice cream. 

    This reminds me of reading 'The Gruffalo' poem to my son - it mentions 'Owl Ice Cream' - 



    "It's terribly kind of you, Owl, but no –

    I'm going to have tea with a
    Gruffalo.

    He has knobbly knees, and turned-out toes,

    And a poisonous wart at the end of his nose."

    "Where are you meeting him?"

    "Here, by this stream,

    And his favorite food is
    owl ice cream    ."

     

     

     

  • misterg
    misterg Forum Participant Posts: 17
    edited April 2016 #9

    (N)ice one - we owled with laughter!

  • cyberyacht
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    edited April 2016 #10

    My elder grandson's favourite story.

  • bestboy
    bestboy Forum Participant Posts: 302
    edited April 2016 #11

    Not a C.L. Nor near Derby but Grafham water has a resident AMERICAN GREAT HORNED OWL .

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