Tawny Owls can be heard all year round in Hainault Forest, Claybury Park, Wanstead Park and Bush Wood. Several pairs breed in the borough
Latest Sightings:
2010: 10 sightings so far
- January 4th - 1 in Bush Wood
- February 4th - 1 in Wanstead Park
- March 4th - 1 in Claybury Park
- April 22nd - 1 in Hainault Lodge Nature Reserve
- July 16th - 2 in Wanstead Park
- August 9th - 1 on Wanstead Flats
- August 12th - 2 in Fairlop Waters CP
- November 1st - 1 on Wanstead Flats
2009: 19 sightings
- 20th December 2009, 1 in Wanstead Park
- 9th November 2009, 1 female in Wanstead Park
- 29th September 2009, 1 in Hainault Forest
- 11th August 2009, 1 in Bush Wood
- 27th June 2009, 1 in Wanstead
- 11th June 2009, 1 in Claybury Park
- 10th June 2009, 1 in Claybury Park
- 22nd April 2009, 2 in Claybury Park
- 22nd March 2009, 1 in Hainault Forest
- 22nd March 2009, 1 in Wanstead Park
- 21st March 2009, 1 in Knighton Wood
- 10th March 2009, 1 in Bush Wood
- 5th March 2009, 1 in Hainault Forest
- 24th February 2009, 1 in Claybury Park
- 23rd February 2009, 1 in Claybury Park
- 23rd February 2009, 1 in Wanstead Park
- 14th February 2009, 1 in Claybury Park
- 2nd Janaury 2009, 1 in Bush Wood
Historical Information:
- The Renger at Bush Wood, Wanstead reported that the Tawny Owls bred in 2009 sucessfully fledging 3 Owlets.
- 7 pairs of Tawny Owl were reported as having bred in Hainault Forest in 2003 by the late Mr. Mike Dennis
- In the 1997 edition of Dominic Mitchells 'where to watch birds in the London area' it states the dense woodland holds 8 breeding pairs
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