Long-eared Owl

Name: Long-eared Owl

Scientific name: Asio otus

Category: Birds

Nature Stars: 70

What are nature stars?

About: This woodland owl is slightly smaller than a tawny owl. It prefers to hunt in areas of open land where it catches small mammals and the occasional bird. These owls will sometimes roost together during the winter, and some even arrive in the UK from Europe.

How to identify: It's two large ear tufts (which are actually feathers and not ears at all) make this species unmistakeable.

Where:

Widespread

Natural Superpowers

• Predator: 80
• Agility: 40
• Rarity: 80
• Cute factor: 60
• Traveller: 70

Fantastic fact: The call of the long-eared owl sounds like a squeaky gate.

Photograph credit: Photo credit tbc