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Tawny Owl

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  • 13-10-2010 1:48pm
    #1
    E39MSport
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    Listened to 2 Tawny Owls for quite some time last night and the night before.

    Very beautiful.

    In UK btw


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    snowstreams
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    its amazing how that species never made the short trip from scotland to ireland.
    Maybe we have more long eared owls and barn owls here as a result?


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    cuddlycavies
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    Not really that amazing. We have no voles and fewer rodents in general. I believe it was once intoduced in Ulster but failed to stay or survive.


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    snowstreams
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    I always thought it was because Tawny owls didnt like to fly distances over water.
    Do long eared owls & barn owls not depend on rodents as much?
    Or are they more recent arrivals in the last 1000 years, since people brought over mice and rats?


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    Connacht
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    Ireland has Bank Voles, though in fairness not in the NE I think.


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    cuddlycavies
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    Connacht wrote: »
    Ireland has Bank Voles, though in fairness not in the NE I think.

    Hardly common. Accidentally introduced in the SW some time ago.


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    whyulittle
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    I see some tweets about a reported dead Tawny Owl found in an industrial estate in Belfast. Also mention of a woman in Coleraine I think it was claiming she has one on her land.


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    Bsal
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    http://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/42666/Clarification_Required.html


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