When i mean fair distance, it was from our bedroom window looking up over harrowby rd allotments up towards the house at the top of the hill, and the seo was flying along the the crest of the hill , i watched for owl about 5 mins flying along the hillside at the very top of the hill.
lincsbirders 
Excellent news hope it proves to be one – or more!
Why only possible ?
Was at a fair distance
Fair comment, there was one there that afternoon so you probably saw that one .
When i mean fair distance, it was from our bedroom window looking up over harrowby rd allotments up towards the house at the top of the hill, and the seo was flying along the the crest of the hill , i watched for owl about 5 mins flying along the hillside at the very top of the hill.