[Hedgehoggy]

Last night I heard the most blood curdling screams in my garden. The roosting magpies were going ballistic and it didn't sound like the foxes mating screams, it sounded far worse. It was two Tawny owls, presumably fighting over territory. I thought one of them had been seriously injured, or killed, judging by the screams but I saw the 'intruder' fly off. I hope he wasn't hurt.

The remaining 'resident' stayed in the tree making those 'disgruntled yaps' which I'd heard last year when I videoed a magpie harassing a very disgruntled Tawny in my garden (possibly same Tawny?). I hear the Tawnys' calls a lot in my garden, the calls seem to differ depending on the time of the year.

I also had a Tawny (possibly same one again?) roosting in a tree in my garden a couple of summers ago - the magpies and blackbirds blew its cover early morning and harassed it all day, but it remained unperturbed in the same fork in the tree up until dusk!

Does anybody know how large the Tawnys' territory ranges are approximately? Although I have a small woodland in part of my garden, there aren't any natural nesting holes in any of the trees (not that I can see anyway), so after last night's melee I'm now curious as to how near, or how far, their chosen nesting site might be.