Tawny Owlets at Brent Lodge…

Dominic and I joined Hannah Matthews at Brent Lodge Wildlife Hospital to start ringing some of the abandoned Tawny Owlets they had in their care. In total they currently have 12 Tawny Owlets.

Scientific name: Strix aluco

• Breeds in broad-leaved and deciduous woodland.

• Resident and sedentary in its habits.

• Approximately 50,000 breeding pairs in the UK.

• Amber-listed Bird of Conservation Concern.

Our most familiar owl, the Tawny Owl is found across Britain but is absent from Ireland. It favours woodland habitats, but it may also breed in larger rural and suburban gardens. 

Tawny Owls breed early in the year, and their hooting calls can be heard from late autumn and through the winter months (BTO, 2026)

Tawny Owlet

Many of these owlets are released locally including at The Goodwood Estate, so hopefully we may bump into one another again if they happen to breed in the area.