Species Cards

Tawny Owl

Strix aluco

Group:

Animal, Bird

Tawny owl (Strix aluco). Angela Bond

© Angela Bond

Tawny owl (Strix aluco)

Food chain :

Carnivore

What it eats :

Wood mouse, weasel, frog, vole, shrew, squirrel.

Eaten by:

Habitat:

WoodlandWoodland

Description:

The Tawny Owl is the one you are most likely to see or hear. They hoot and make a 'keewick' noise. The Barn Owl and Little Owl also hunt in woods and fields.


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