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Owls around Leeds (1 Viewer)
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pcurpb
The Inevitable Mippit
Eccup generally can be good for Little Owls - I've seen them in several locations around there. Fairburn Ings RSPB has had roosting LEOs in the last few winters; Timble Ings, between Otley & Blubberhouses has had breeding birds. The odd SEO also turns up at Fairburn in the winter, but Swillington is probably a better bet. You can see summer SEOs on moorland around Leeds almost anywhere, but it needs patience. Tawny owls are not easy! They're everywhere where there's suitable woodland, but seeing them...! I suggest simply keeping your ears open is the first step.
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We get tawny owl calling around where I live, heard them every year for the last 20 years, seen them twice in all that time, both times it was a lucky chance.
There are both SEO and LEO at Timble, I've seen SEO whilst on the main road from Otley driving to Blubberhouses, also seen little owl around there as well.
There are both SEO and LEO at Timble, I've seen SEO whilst on the main road from Otley driving to Blubberhouses, also seen little owl around there as well.
Yes - I've lived in Headingley, and now live in Moortown, and heard/hear Tawnies often, especially when the young are dispersing, but seeing them - I can think of four views in the last 30 years near my homes in Leeds. Seeing them was much easier when I lived almost over the Lancashire border on the Colne road from Cross Hills - and there were visible Little Owls around there too.
ta brandreth
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I'd have said Eccup - at the risk of repeating myself......
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