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One needs to keep any such Owl location under wraps, for it's own good. The RSPB will actually cull them. Many public blinders used, but they do and will cull them.

Though DAFRA STATES that they are legit U.K. natives, especially if bred here or breed here in the UK's shores.

Bobby4 Veteran of the Loft!

Bobby4

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Hopefully a lot more than just this one nest site. :)

Yes deffinately are as I have seen one couple years back sitting on a post just off the m8 between Coatbridge an airdrie

Bobby4 Veteran of the Loft!

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Come on Kevin wis it no buzzards you saw??...

Had this argument about bop before Jim a no the different some people don't def eagle owl

Bobby4 Veteran of the Loft!

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must have escaped from somewhere.

That a don't no but what a size off a bird a was so close a could see its ears well over 2ft tall

 

That a don't no but what a size off a bird a was so close a could see its ears well over 2ft tall

That was just its ears lol

dunc50 Veteran of the Loft!

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That a don't no but what a size off a bird a was so close a could see its ears well over 2ft tall

 

 

That was just its ears lol

expletive remove that was a leprechaun lol
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Peregrines rarely suffer from predation that's a fact.

eagle owls take peregrine right of there nests ,that's why the rspb don't want them around

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Suffolk Owl Sanctuary

 

Registered Charity No. 1086565

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THE EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL

 

The European Eagle Owl was a native of Britain until the latter part of the 19th Century and became extinct here largely as a result of man’s persecution. However, in recent times reports of its return have become more frequent, although whether thee owls have migrated here or simply escaped from the large population of eagle owls captive-held in the UK (added to which several fox hunts in the UK have, controversially following the ban on hunting with dogs, begun to use Eagle Owls to catch foxes) - is unclear.

 

Eagle Owls are the largest of the owls and their sheer size and aggressive nature makes them the most dominant bird of prey (both nocturnal and diurnal) wherever they are found. Very occasionally they are killed by large Eagles, but more often it is they who prey on other Raptors.

 

The arrival of a new Eagle Owl in the vicinity causes panic amongst other Birds of Prey and a general re-arrangement of territories usually follows, as its new neighbours try to give it a wide berth. European Eagle Owls prey mainly on mammals – chiefly rabbits and hares – but they will also take birds up to the size of a large Buzzard, which are usually taken from night roosts. Large Eagle Owls have been known to take roe deer and foxes, which they kill by crushing their skulls with huge, powerful feet.

 

Lack of suitable habitat and our own reaction to them makes it more unlikely they will ever be able to return here in significant numbers - the jury is out as to whether indeed they should be allowed to, until it is assessed what effect their rumbustious behaviour may have on domestic mammal & bird species.

 

The Eagle Owl nests in ground scrapes usually among rocks in open woodland in mountain foothills up to an altitude of 4,500m. Although sedentary, this large Owl requires a territory up to 10km in diameter.

 

 

Suffolk Owl Sanctuary, Stonham Barns, Stonham Aspal, IP14 6AT Tel: 08456 807 897 Click here to contact SOS

 

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Bobby4

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Suffolk Owl Sanctuary

 

Registered Charity No. 1086565

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THE EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL

 

The European Eagle Owl was a native of Britain until the latter part of the 19th Century and became extinct here largely as a result of man’s persecution. However, in recent times reports of its return have become more frequent, although whether thee owls have migrated here or simply escaped from the large population of eagle owls captive-held in the UK (added to which several fox hunts in the UK have, controversially following the ban on hunting with dogs, begun to use Eagle Owls to catch foxes) - is unclear.

 

Eagle Owls are the largest of the owls and their sheer size and aggressive nature makes them the most dominant bird of prey (both nocturnal and diurnal) wherever they are found. Very occasionally they are killed by large Eagles, but more often it is they who prey on other Raptors.

 

The arrival of a new Eagle Owl in the vicinity causes panic amongst other Birds of Prey and a general re-arrangement of territories usually follows, as its new neighbours try to give it a wide berth. European Eagle Owls prey mainly on mammals – chiefly rabbits and hares – but they will also take birds up to the size of a large Buzzard, which are usually taken from night roosts. Large Eagle Owls have been known to take roe deer and foxes, which they kill by crushing their skulls with huge, powerful feet.

 

Lack of suitable habitat and our own reaction to them makes it more unlikely they will ever be able to return here in significant numbers - the jury is out as to whether indeed they should be allowed to, until it is assessed what effect their rumbustious behaviour may have on domestic mammal & bird species.

 

The Eagle Owl nests in ground scrapes usually among rocks in open woodland in mountain foothills up to an altitude of 4,500m. Although sedentary, this large Owl requires a territory up to 10km in diameter.

 

 

Suffolk Owl Sanctuary, Stonham Barns, Stonham Aspal, IP14 6AT Tel: 08456 807 897 Click here to contact SOS

 

Bobby4 Veteran of the Loft!

Bobby4

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Suffolk Owl Sanctuary

 

Registered Charity No. 1086565

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THE EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL

 

The European Eagle Owl was a native of Britain until the latter part of the 19th Century and became extinct here largely as a result of man’s persecution. However, in recent times reports of its return have become more frequent, although whether thee owls have migrated here or simply escaped from the large population of eagle owls captive-held in the UK (added to which several fox hunts in the UK have, controversially following the ban on hunting with dogs, begun to use Eagle Owls to catch foxes) - is unclear.

 

Eagle Owls are the largest of the owls and their sheer size and aggressive nature makes them the most dominant bird of prey (both nocturnal and diurnal) wherever they are found. Very occasionally they are killed by large Eagles, but more often it is they who prey on other Raptors.

 

The arrival of a new Eagle Owl in the vicinity causes panic amongst other Birds of Prey and a general re-arrangement of territories usually follows, as its new neighbours try to give it a wide berth. European Eagle Owls prey mainly on mammals – chiefly rabbits and hares – but they will also take birds up to the size of a large Buzzard, which are usually taken from night roosts. Large Eagle Owls have been known to take roe deer and foxes, which they kill by crushing their skulls with huge, powerful feet.

 

Lack of suitable habitat and our own reaction to them makes it more unlikely they will ever be able to return here in significant numbers - the jury is out as to whether indeed they should be allowed to, until it is assessed what effect their rumbustious behaviour may have on domestic mammal & bird species.

 

The Eagle Owl nests in ground scrapes usually among rocks in open woodland in mountain foothills up to an altitude of 4,500m. Although sedentary, this large Owl requires a territory up to 10km in diameter.

 

 

Suffolk Owl Sanctuary, Stonham Barns, Stonham Aspal, IP14 6AT Tel: 08456 807 897 Click here to contact SOS

 

REDROCKET Veteran of the Loft!

REDROCKET

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Cracking news cracking looking birds and like Lanarkshire lad I saw one it was in the perchy pond area in Wishaw 30 ft away early in the morning as soon as it seen me it was off.

Bobby4 Veteran of the Loft!

Bobby4

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Cracking news cracking looking birds and like Lanarkshire lad I saw one it was in the perchy pond area in Wishaw 30 ft away early in the morning as soon as it seen me it was off.

Aye some site to see one it was myself that saw it not Lanarkshire lad Jim thinks it maybe buzzards we seen

ally mac Veteran of the Loft!

ally mac

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Thanks for that Ally,I have one.

I sold a bike to a chap in deanston years ago. He had a few bop including an eagle owl. Beautiful big bird to see up close

We man Veteran of the Loft!

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I sold a bike to a chap in deanston years ago. He had a few bop including an eagle owl. Beautiful big bird to see up close

The one I have Ally has been here for about 20 yrs sitting on a pole just outside my loft and have had the sparrow hawk sitting on its head a few times,pitty its a plastic one lol but great to see they are surviving.
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Even with my eyesight I think it would be hard to confuse an eagle owl with a buzzard - one has ears, the other hasn't.

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