Owlet Among the Wild Roses
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A young long-eared owl sits half-hidden in a tangle of branches and dog rose blossom, orange eyes fixed on the camera.
View sizes & buy →About the Long-Eared Owl
The long-eared owl is one of Britain's most secretive owls, rarely seen in daylight and easily overlooked thanks to tree-bark-mottled plumage and tufts that break up its outline against a branch. Its real ear openings are hidden under feathers; the prominent "ears" are just display tufts. Nationally scarce, with only a few thousand pairs thought to breed in the UK, it favours conifer plantations and scrubby woodland edge.
