Short-eared Owl

Short abstract from the book:
The short-eared owl is a rare breeding bird in Denmark, with an estimated population of only 5-11 pairs. It is a common passage migrant and winter visitor from early September to late May. In Denmark the first short-eared owl was ringed in 1928, with the highest number ringed in the 1930s and 1960s. Four of the recovered birds were ringed as chicks: two as possible breeders, and two were ringed in March and October and were probably migrants. Birds ringed as chicks have only been recovered in Denmark up to August. Two recoveries from France in November and December indicate that some birds from the Danish breeding population migrate SW. Recoveries of foreign-ringed birds show that migrants and winter visitors are from breeding populations in Sweden, Finland and Germany. A bird ringed in France on 26 July 1965 was unexpectedly recovered (shot) in Denmark on 12 September the same year (1,503 km, NNE). Only a single bird has been recovered in spring: a bird ringed on Amager in the breeding season recovered near Hamburg on 24 March. One of the recoveries was a live recapture, five were found dead, and two were shot (in Denmark 1946 and France 1938).

Read more about the species in the chapter from The Danish Bird Migration Atlas here

Ringing data for Short-eared Owl

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