I came across 2 Tawny Owl remains over the side of a wall top next to the road. One was an adult bird, the other much smaller one would probably have been a juvenile. The scenario I envisage, and there could be a few, was that they had been together when hit by a passing vehicle. The driver presumably picked up the corpses and placed them on the grass.
The bodies were covered in bluebottle flies but these flew away temporarily when they smelled my breath as I inspected the remains. A large pile of plucked feathers were evident and all the flesh of the birds had been stripped by an unknown predator.
Interestingly when we returned to the spot after our trek, the body of the juvenile had been taken away I believe by the predator, having been partially covered by the adult before I started rummaging around.
Living birds were: 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, WW, 1 Grey Heron, Cuckoo heard, pr Green Woodpecker, 1 GSW, couple Swift, Coal Tit family and a plethora of Robin.
