Tawny owl

Begging owlets in late spring and early summer The hooting pair gets the fame, but the summer sound is the young. Tawny owl chicks leave the nest at around five weeks old, and as they fledge their begging calls to the parents become a familiar woodland sound at dusk, one that confirms a pair has bred. Follow the call in broadleaved woods, parks or large yards with mature trees, then come back by day to scan forks and branches for chicks roosting together. The classic "too-wit too-woo" is in fact two birds, the female's sharp call answered by the male's hoot. Keep well back from any young owl you find and leave it where it sits.