European Eagle Owl loose in Essex!!!! Lock up your Children (1 Viewer)

[Doug]

I have just heard on the BBC that a guy has lost a European Eagle Owl while flying it in a park in Ilford, Essex. he says it will now be getting hungry and looking for something around the size of a small dog or cat for lunch - eye's peeled people.... and let's be careful out there!

 

[Eddie]

"Lock up your children". No, take them along to see this magnificent creature. Unless they grow up to travel abroad (from the UK) they may never see such a bird flying free again. I think they are majestic and even if an odd cat goes missing, well, it should have been more careful.

Eddie

 

[Doug]

I like Children, but I couldn't eat a whole one

 

[Reader]

<I think they are majestic and even if an odd cat goes missing,>

Now there's a thought. The cat becomes the hunted.

 

[winkle]

It can have as many cats as it likes.

 

[davebroadley]

Does this owl like thai ? cos it can have my neighbour's b****y siamese.

 

[Steve]

I understand the Owl has been killed by a fox.

 

[esmondb]

Without seeing the evidence I'd be surprised if it was killed by a fox. Hit by a car and then scavenged maybe.
It would have to be one hell of a (large, brave) fox to take on an healthy Bubo bubo.

 

[Eddie]

I have to agree with Esmond. Unless it was overweight, slow and pampered through years in captivity then maybe but a real, wild Eagle Owl in it prime, well my money would not be on the fox.


In fact, owls especially the bigger one are not to be messed with. I believe a well know bird photographer lost an eye to an owl.



Eddie

 

[stevo]

I would be very surprised If a fox had killed a european eagle owl,unless the owl was ill/injured in some way.Bearing in mind that it`s counterpart the Siberian Eagle owl can kill a wolf!!.

 

[T0ny]

That's a thought, Stevo - has anyone in Ilford lost a Wolf (don't all rush ...)

Tony

 

[bubo bubo]

it's most likely that the owl died of starvation, then scavanged! Very sad story!

 

[Anthony Morton]

I understand the Owl has been killed by a fox.

That's nothing. I heard that a chihuahua killed an alsatian in Aylesbury the other day - it got stuck in its throat. Hup!

Note to John Jackson - Now THAT'S a joke!

 

[Robin Pearson]

For those interested, a pair of Eagle Owl bred on a balcony at
the Hatfield Country Club in 2002 and were seen taking large prey that included Muntjac deer!

 

[jurek]

That's a thought, Stevo - has anyone in Ilford lost a Wolf (don't all rush ...)

:clap: :clap:

 

[Steve G]

For those interested, a pair of Eagle Owl bred on a balcony at
the Hatfield Country Club in 2002 and were seen taking large prey that included Muntjac deer!

Damn, I tried to join that club & was told there was a waiting list. How did those Owls get in before me? :eek!:

 

[Docmartin]

My kids take on Eagle Owls before breakfast, and win.

 

[salty]

having watched these birds in the wild (yes, in the UK!), they are indeed HUGE owls........

they eat anything they can get there talons on, but mainly rabbits - these being the most abundant prey in england, so it would sugest the owl was prehaps hit by a car etc, or even eating prey - then was attacked by said fox?

yes, a fox is small compared to an eagle owl, but they can be very savage when it comes to collecting food for there own young......