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  • 11-10-2010 9:57pm
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    lofty95
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭


    Saw an owl yesterday around lunch time while out with the dog mayo/sligo border not a barn owl. I thought myself that it was slightly bigger than a barn owl brown in colour. Any ideas


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    LostCovey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭LostCovey


    lofty95 wrote: »
    Saw an owl yesterday around lunch time while out with the dog mayo/sligo border not a barn owl. I thought myself that it was slightly bigger than a barn owl brown in colour. Any ideas

    Hi lofty 95,

    Depends on the part of the border really!

    Habitat is your best clue, if it's woodland or mixed farmland with mature trees and hedges, then long-eared owl is more likely. If it's open bog or mountain, then short-eared owl is possible (much less likely, but much more active in daylight than other owls).

    LostCovey


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    cuddlycavies
    Registered Users Posts: 970 ✭✭✭cuddlycavies


    Would defo go short ear. Usualyy flushed from the ground in dunes or long grass during the day. ''bigger than a barn owl and brown'' doesn't fit long ear.


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    lofty95
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭lofty95


    it would be mixed farmland mainly, i had thought it was possibly a long eared by the colouration but was very surprised as i have never seen one in thirty years in the area


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