Nicola Chester

Nature Writer and Activist

tawny owl

  • Nature Notes

    Owling. I own neither a passport, nor a house, but last night, saw 4 species of owl within a mile of home. I heard the first before I saw it. The yelp of a little owl from the farm as I walked my youngest daughter home from school. We scan the outstretched limbs of the […]

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  • Nature Notes

    The Stoat, the Vivarium and the White Owl. Summer holidays and my days are freer. There are some days when I can meander at will. A stoat pops up by the white barn, sees me and doubles back, like water through a u-bend. I wait. A triangular face appears; bright eyes, chocolate-drop nose, long cream […]

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  • Nature Notes

    The Watcher in the Woods. A warm, still night before bed, and I take the lamp out with me for a walk round the stubble field. Several tawny owls are calling, close to, and as far away as my ears can hear them. The ke-wick of both sexes (but mostly female) and the long, tremulous […]

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