Owls

I didn't add owls to the list because I have only heard them, not seen them. I few years ago I thought a Scops owl had come over from the Continent. Day after day, right through the Spring afternoon there was a monotonous "Ooh, ooh" coming from the field beyond the garden. Eventually, I asked an expert who told me it was a young Little Owl. They call while their parent is away getting food. Yet I always thought owls were nocturnal...

We hear the odd Tawny, but really, for a garden with huge oak trees at the foot and lots of fields all around, there don't seem to be many owls at all. They probably congregate in areas like Ruislip Woods.