I headed out to wait for my short eared owl as it was so lovely and sunny. As I drove past the field I saw he was there, hunting.

So I parked up and sat quietly in the freezing cold for an hour and a half and there was no further sign of him.

I went for a drive around my local patch and as I drove home I saw my friend (the only person I've told about this owl) standing by the field with a big grin on his face having photographed the owl flying within a few feet of him! 

I pulled over and joined him, but the light wasn't great by then.

Here he is in a brief burst of setting sunshine!