LOVE the sound of this tawny owl pair…..between them creating the classic ‘twit twoo’ sound! 💚🦉 The female sitting outside making the kee-wick sound (twit) and the male in the box responding with the whooo (twoo) sound. Together making possibly the most awesome and most familiar of sounds…. Read more from the BTO here 👇🏼 https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/project-owl/tawny-owl-calling-survey/about-tawny-owl-calling-survey | Laurels Wood

A little tawney owlet 🥺🥰 Tawny owl parents are usually monogamous, meaning they will pair for life, and fiercely defend their territory throughout the year. Around March time the female will lay 2-3 eggs in an old tree hollow, old crow nests or in a special tawney owl nest box. The chicks will hatch after around a month then before officially flying the nest they will do what is known as ‘branching’ where the young will climb around on the branches near the nest site. The parents will continue