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We live on the edge of RSPB reserve, small woods to the west, open countryside to the east, river not far away.
Last night owls were really active making a huge amount noise. I've tried searching for call recordings online to identify them - I think they might have been Tawneys - were they hunting or calling each other? What was it all about do you thnk?
Can anyone recommended good sites for listening to owl calls?
Last night owls were really active making a huge amount noise. I've tried searching for call recordings online to identify them - I think they might have been Tawneys - were they hunting or calling each other? What was it all about do you thnk?
Can anyone recommended good sites for listening to owl calls?
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The RSPB site has recordings of all the owls http://www.rspb.org.uk/
Just look up each owl, the sound file is top left
Just look up each owl, the sound file is top left
I've checked the sound files on the RSPB site and feel sure they were Tawneys. I can't get to the visitors centre as the entrance is right round the other side of the site (about 8 miles away),and I have to go to work, but I have researched further and found the answer........
"The most vocal time for Tawny Owls is the autumn, when the young owls from the previous spring are all distributing away from their parental territories. All of these fit young Owls move from place to place in their quest to establish a territory of their own, in which they can hunt and eventually breed. They will inevitably, however, come up against many existing territories along the way, which is when the resident birds will call to defend their area against the new batch of intruders."
"The most vocal time for Tawny Owls is the autumn, when the young owls from the previous spring are all distributing away from their parental territories. All of these fit young Owls move from place to place in their quest to establish a territory of their own, in which they can hunt and eventually breed. They will inevitably, however, come up against many existing territories along the way, which is when the resident birds will call to defend their area against the new batch of intruders."
Maidup sounds wonderful where you live, if you want a lodger I could make myself available at very short notice:-)
I have lovely memories of owls from my time living in the NYorks Dales. Lying in bed at night listening to the tawny owls calling to each other, watching the little owls hunting in the fields in front of the cottage during the day and one foggy day watching a short-eared owl hunting low over the rough grass on the tops of the moors. Don't get that in Hove:-(
I have lovely memories of owls from my time living in the NYorks Dales. Lying in bed at night listening to the tawny owls calling to each other, watching the little owls hunting in the fields in front of the cottage during the day and one foggy day watching a short-eared owl hunting low over the rough grass on the tops of the moors. Don't get that in Hove:-(
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