The Body Snatcher. A male barn owl flies straight towards me, giving me the perfect opportunity to capture the special moment. I'd been surveying this barn owl over the course of 2 weeks, watching its flight routes and where it likes to hunt. The other day I felt that it was time to use the knowledge I'd built over my previous sightings of him and to finally get into position for 'the shot'. My aim was to capture a head-on shot of this incredibly beautiful bird of prey. It began with me spotting him flying rather high across the river and over to another break in the river, I took this as my opportunity to get myself into position and hide myself among a small bush, which would conceal me. I waited around 45 minutes and then I saw him fly over the reedbed in the distance and coming my way. My excitement and nerves grew with every beat of his wings as he approached, when suddenly he took a sharp left and disappeared over a bank. Then a minute later he reappeared over the bank flying straight towards me and that's when I captured this photograph. I was so happy that all the time and hard work had paid off to get me my shot as I've wanted it for a while 😁😊😁 . . . . . . . #barnowl #barnowls #barnowlsofinstagram #barnowlphotography #owl #owls #owllover #owllove #owllovers #natgeo #nature #naturelovers #birdsofinstagram #birdfreaks #bird_brilliance #birdlovers #rspb #birds #bird #birdphotography #natureaddict #bbcearth #bbcspringwatch #birding #birdwatching #bbcwildlifemagazine #bbccountryfile #britishbirds #felixstowe #suffolk (at Felixstowe) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co2XXcxsOiJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=