observers saw skies darken across the UK at around 9.30am . There was no unusual behaviour at London or Edinburgh zoo . But people across the UK said the animals stopped barking in the dim light . Expert had predicted that dogs and cats may be ' sightly disturbed ' And people took to Twitter to say their dogs howled and cats ' went nuts ' Observations of previous eclipses said nocturnal animals such as owls became more active , while daytime creatures went to sleep .
Eclipse saw skies darken across the UK at around 9.30am . There was no unusual behaviour at London or Edinburgh zoo . But people across the UK said the birds stopped singing in the dim light . Expert had predicted that dogs and cats may be 'sightly disturbed ' And people took to Twitter to say their dogs howled and cats 'went nuts ' Observations of previous eclipses said nocturnal animals such as owls become more active , while daytime creatures went to sleep .