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Owlet on the Fence Post - a photography print from NorthernPixl

Owlet on the Fence Post

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A fledgling long-eared owl perches on a weathered post, downy plumage still growing in, framed by tall grass and wild rose in full bloom.

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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.

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