More Wildlife Memories

Well here I am, back again.  It's been a while but have had one of those rotten head colds that seem to hang on forever and been quite busy with my crafting also.
I was watching a repeat of Wildlife SOS on Animal Planet this morning.  The episode included the previous rescue of a Tawny Owl chick from a golf course and its subsequent release after it had grown into a magnificent bird.

This picture reminds me of an owl I used to see when at secondary school
Watching the owl in the episode reminded me of one that I, and my friends, used to see every morning on our way to school.  I was living in Blackheath at the time and to get to school we had to walk through Greenwich Park.  On the way we passed this very large tree in which sat this beautiful tawny owl.  It was there every morning and watched us walk by and gave us an occasional call.  The owl never moved its body but followed us with its head which we found fascinating.  It was very rare that it was not there to see us on our way to school and we were quite disappointed if it missed a day.
In one Wildlife SOS episode Simon Cowell once said that he had never seen an owl sitting in a tree so I was really pleased to have had that experience.
Hopefully be back soon with more memories of wildlife seen in Greenwich Park.