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About 350mm tall with a wing span of 1000mm.
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Mottled pale brown underparts with upper breast streaked dark brown.
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Mottled pale and dark brown upperparts.
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Rounded brown face, yellow eyes and short, often indiscernible ear tufts.
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Overall impression in flight of a large brown bird (but underparts can look almost white).
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Buoyant flight in a back and forth motion.
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Lives in farmland, moorland and wetland habitats, including marshes and reedbeds.
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A male’s rarely heard song is a low ‘boo-boo-boo-boo-boo’, whilst females give a ‘ree-yow’ call.
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Both nocturnal and diurnal, they can be seen hunting in daylight in suitable habitat.
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About 330mm tall with a wing span of 900mm.
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Largely white underparts.
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Golden buff upperparts with grey markings.
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White, heart-shaped face with dark eyes.
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Overall impression in flight of a large white bird.
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Slow, buoyant flight in a back and forth motion.
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Lives mainly in open farmland habitat (not woodland).
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Seen but not heard, they call rarely.
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Barn Owls don’t hoot! They shriek, hiss and snore.
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Often seen at night whilst driving but dawn and dusk sightings are most common.
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Barn Owl pellets are different from other owl pellets.