Its more of a scream/ screach most of the time, not a nice sound! Sometimes its a woo woo over and over, but defenately the same sound and tone, i hope its not just one bird, we have been here for almost 9 years and have always heard this owl, poor thing
My pied wagtail is still hitting his reflection at the patio doors. Has been doing it hundreds of times a day since Xmas. The window looks a mess, but I'm loathe to clean it as he'll be able to see 'that other bird' even clearer. I understand that he's doing it as he's chosen my garden for a nesting site, and is scaring away any other wagtails. They nested under the solar panels last year.
It sounds to me as if you have a pair of tawny owls Bekkie - the screech is the female - tu-whit (but I always think it sounds more like kee-wick) and the hooting is the male.
Or you might have a barn owl as well - country folk where I grew up called them Screech Owls - they were common around the farms then http://www.wildowl.co.uk/barn6_em.mp3
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My pied wagtail is still hitting his reflection at the patio doors. Has been doing it hundreds of times a day since Xmas. The window looks a mess, but I'm loathe to clean it as he'll be able to see 'that other bird' even clearer. I understand that he's doing it as he's chosen my garden for a nesting site, and is scaring away any other wagtails. They nested under the solar panels last year.
Can you place a sheet of white card or similar behind the glass in the patio doors? It'll get rid of the reflection and avoid the risk of him becoming badly injured. Some birds kill themselves doing this - mirrors weren't part of their evolutionary development.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hello Dove, no I tried that and it made him worse. This week he has slowed down a bit, but is still there by the window all day, only hitting a few times per hour. Don't know where he goes to after dark, but he's back there each morning. If I stopped feeding him maybe he'd choose somewhere else, but I've become rather attached to him!
diggingdoris - you can get a pack of bird silhouettes from the GC to stick on the glass. It works for me on patio doors.
I have blackbirds, seemingly by the flock, chasing each other all over the grass. Is it mating time already? They are also enjoying the tail end of the apples from the tree, saving me another messy job.
My blackbirds dont seem keen on fruit except rasins, i keep putting it out, but it always ends up in the compost heap, they much prefer chips or roasties, i worry it dosent to them any good
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My pied wagtail is still hitting his reflection at the patio doors. Has been doing it hundreds of times a day since Xmas. The window looks a mess, but I'm loathe to clean it as he'll be able to see 'that other bird' even clearer. I understand that he's doing it as he's chosen my garden for a nesting site, and is scaring away any other wagtails. They nested under the solar panels last year.
Tawny Owls are the species that go tu-woo, we seem to have a few here too. I think they like the mature pines over the road.
One question though - why don't owls breed well in the rain?
Answer....
Because its 'too wet to woo'
It sounds to me as if you have a pair of tawny owls Bekkie - the screech is the female - tu-whit (but I always think it sounds more like kee-wick) and the hooting is the male.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PTX7OTX4nE
that's the female, and this is the male with a female in the background
http://www.wildowl.co.uk/TAWOW_01.mp3
Or you might have a barn owl as well - country folk where I grew up called them Screech Owls - they were common around the farms then http://www.wildowl.co.uk/barn6_em.mp3
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Can you place a sheet of white card or similar behind the glass in the patio doors? It'll get rid of the reflection and avoid the risk of him becoming badly injured. Some birds kill themselves doing this - mirrors weren't part of their evolutionary development.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
A barn owl too would be unbelieveable, our estate is amost surrouned by fields with farms on one side, so maybe
Hello Dove, no I tried that and it made him worse. This week he has slowed down a bit, but is still there by the window all day, only hitting a few times per hour. Don't know where he goes to after dark, but he's back there each morning. If I stopped feeding him maybe he'd choose somewhere else, but I've become rather attached to him!
diggingdoris - you can get a pack of bird silhouettes from the GC to stick on the glass. It works for me on patio doors.
I have blackbirds, seemingly by the flock, chasing each other all over the grass. Is it mating time already? They are also enjoying the tail end of the apples from the tree, saving me another messy job.
There's a redwing after next door's pyracantha berries - the mean blackbird keeps chasing it away.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.