These amazing pictures of Short-eared owls were taken on the Helideck of Diving support vessel Rockwater 1 in Dutch sector of North sea by Neil Brown of Port Charlotte. They have been feeding on the numbers of small birds which also inhabit the ship... Many thanks Neil....
We believe they are all Short eared, although they do have very long ear-tufts. Long eared owls have orange eyes (Short eared have yellow...). The tufts on Long eared are also set wider apart. The smaller birds are probably males.
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