Tawny Owl

Tawny Owls are reasonably large, brown in colour with black eyes and lacking the ear tufts seen on some of our other owl species. During the daylight hours they tend to remain in cover up against a tree trunk and are occasionally pestered by scolding songbirds. During the winter nights the classic hooting calls can be heard, along with a 'keewik' call. Some observers get confused when they hear the range of calls made by a Tawny Owl and wrongly assume that there is more than one species of owl present.