I keep hearing an owl in the day

It might be a wood pigeon? It would be unusual for an owl to be out and hooting in day time, I think. Could it be stuck in your chimney?

I take it you would recognise the call of an Owl?
If your sure, I think it would be a distress call.

Yes maybe a wood pigeon? We have them around us and i hear them often in the day, they do sound a bit 'hooty' more so than usual pigeons which sounds like 'coo, coo'.?

Gawd I'm doing bird impressions now!??

Wood pigeons sing song though don't they? I always think they say 'how dare you boogaloo'

It sounds like a tawny owl

If you're still not sure, best to get the chimney checked, to be on safe side.?

Unless it is in a tree and the projection is just coming down the chimney. I am hoping the pots have guards on. Nothing has fell down the chimney before.

Actually Nannan I have my annual sweep on Tuesday!

Never heard 'em sing song.Not a whole 'sentence'anyway? No its more of a hoot.I know they're wood pigeons 'hooting' as can see them in tall trees around us and see them fly to and fro.(we are semi-rural)

JaneJudge- ??

I've occasionally heard owls here during the day. Definitely not wood pigeons. Maybe the owl has been disturbed by tree pruning or other work.

My husband has confirmed he keeps hearing it too. They have been harvesting the fields and cutting all the hedges and footpaths back (it was like a jungle everywhere this year!)

They do hunt in daylight if they have to. Occasionally see a barn owl round here during the day.

hmm I wonder if it is perching to watch the rodents flee the fields then? that seems quite likely?

Hello Jane
Is it saying ‘twit’ or ‘woo’?
I must have told you about my parents tawny owls?
(Please say I haven’t! )

You haven't told me about your parents owls
it's a woo

It’s female then! ?
Ah, this has given me the perfect opportunity to drone on about them! Thank you!
I will be back later to do so.
I used to post long monologues about them on the Night Owls thread, but no one was interested
Probably too tired

I’d love to see an owl again, haven’t seen one for about 5 years. We used to get tawny frogmouths in the garden and the odd powerful owl at night. I have several pics of owls on the walls, lovely lovely creatures.

Ah yes nanna8 I’ve seen tawny frogmouths when I’ve stayed with my daughter. She tells me she’s often seen and heard powerful owls. They sound huge.

go onto youtube and type in what does an owl sound like, then you will know that it is an owl.

Male and female owls have different calls. I think its the females that kind of shriek just a single tweeit, and the males go woo-hoo in reply (or it may be the other way round.)
The introduction to the old Midsomer Murders programmes have a lovely examples of these noises. They also have an example of a vixen calling, a single sharp high pitched bark which they use a lot in eerie atmospheric scenes. They use these noises quote a lot throughout the programmes and you find yourself listening for them ......

We hear tawny owls here in the daytime but I’ve never seen one. What I have seen and somewhere have photos of are Little owls, if I’ve got the name right. They are the small, almost square ones, seen mostly at twilight but sometimes in the day sitting on top of the nearest electricity pole.

Chapter 1.

When my mom was pregnant with me, she and my dad were on holiday in Wales.
They were driving on the motorway in the dark, and my mom spotted a cardboard box on the side of the road. She saw two pairs of eyes glowing in the darkness. She presumed that the box contained abandoned kittens; and ordered my dad to do a u turn and go back. They drove several miles, turned around and my dad retrieved the box.
Inside the box were two owlets… ? ?

Yes I often hear them in the daytime.