
It flew into their windscreen on the way to a wedding. They picked it up and wrapped it in the towel to keep it warm until they could get it to veterinary attention, but sadly it passed away before such attention could be provided.
RIP Owl in Towel. Wiv Da Angles.
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RIP Owl in Towel. Wiv Da Angles.

www.b3tards.com/u/be2610a790cc836ff076/powerful_owl_1.jpg
There's a Powerful Owl in the Rainforest Walk (no, it's not a euphemism, it's the species name).

Are there any interesting to photograph birds?
I'll be in St Andrews/Fife, Glasgow, Inverness, Wick and probably Kirkwall or Stromness.
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I'll be in St Andrews/Fife, Glasgow, Inverness, Wick and probably Kirkwall or Stromness.

Scotland (especially round Glasgow) was where I did my formative birding. A lot of good seabirds (Gannets, guillemots, gulls galore, waders) and some good inland birds. One place that's easy to get to is RSPB Lochwinnoch, 25 min outside Glasgow on the train. Two decent hides, lots of birds (especially in winter) and a decent shop with a coffee machine. Kelvingrove Park can turn up a ew nice birds and they're often moderately tame, if you have a camera with you for that sort of thing.
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Can you ride a bike around them?
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It'd be carnage, though. It's one of the nice places to wonder without the lycra-clad lot carving you up on the pavements. Bicentennial Park is a right fucker for that. People are supposed to go slowly round there and there's always a bunch of twunts doing time trials or something.
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Centenial Park at least has distinct roads and footpaths.
Unlike uni, where people just step onto the road two feet ahead of you and expect you to stop...
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Unlike uni, where people just step onto the road two feet ahead of you and expect you to stop...

I'm surprised there aren't permanent red stains all over City Road near the Wentworth building junction.
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Grallistrix: stilt-owls, four species; prehistoric
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