Great to see owls on our return to La Gomera

Yesterday evening, when we went to ‘our village’ in the Valley of the Great King on the island of La Gomera in the Canaries, we saw an owl in the first hour of darkness, and it was heartening to know that such things hadn’t changed.

Long-eared owls are seen as regularly as always, and not just on the scrubby scree slopes, bamboo breaks and giant palms of the upper valley, but also down by the sea where there is development, and houses have replaced the banana, avocado, and mango plantations nearest to the shore.