Tawny Owls 2023

Tawny Owl (adult female)

A monitoring round of our Tawny Owl boxes in the Marlow area this week revealed four Tawny Owl nests with chicks.

This makes as good a result as we've had in previous years.

Tawny Owls usually start egg-laying by end-March, earlier than both Little and Barn Owls.

Update: single chicks were subsequently ringed at each nest. One of the adult females had been ringed in 2016, and is estimated now to be in its tenth calendar year.