Where to See Tawny Owl in Dartmoor National Park

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Tawny Owl sightings in Dartmoor

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Where Tawny Owl has been reported, from 21 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM6% of the busiest hour1 AM5% of the busiest hour2 AM3% of the busiest hour3 AM3% of the busiest hour4 AM6% of the busiest hour5 AM20% of the busiest hour6 AM82% of the busiest hour7 AM43% of the busiest hour8 AM14% of the busiest hour9 AM6% of the busiest hour10 AM3% of the busiest hour11 AM2% of the busiest hourNoon2% of the busiest hour1 PM2% of the busiest hour2 PM3% of the busiest hour3 PM5% of the busiest hour4 PM8% of the busiest hour5 PM16% of the busiest hour6 PM45% of the busiest hour7 PMBusiest hour8 PM63% of the busiest hour9 PM25% of the busiest hour10 PM11% of the busiest hour11 PM8% of the busiest hour

Tawny Owl is most seen 7 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Tawny Owl sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	6%
1 AM	5%
2 AM	3%
3 AM	3%
4 AM	6%
5 AM	20%
6 AM	82%
7 AM	43%
8 AM	14%
9 AM	6%
10 AM	3%
11 AM	2%
Noon	2%
1 PM	2%
2 PM	3%
3 PM	5%
4 PM	8%
5 PM	16%
6 PM	45%
7 PM	100%
8 PM	63%
9 PM	25%
10 PM	11%
11 PM	8%

Audio tour

Hear about Tawny Owl on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Dartmoor, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Dartmoor Tour Guide

Two Owls in the Dunsford Woods

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“Dunsford's riverside woods have tawny owls, and they're easier to hear than to see. The familiar twit twoo isn't one bird making a two-part call. A female gives the sharp ke-wick; a male answers with the wavering hoot.”

Plays as you drive in Parkwolf’s Dartmoor Tour Guide.

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Dartmoor

All 16 sighting maps

32 sightingsWestern Roe DeerCapreolus capreolusMost seen 6–8 AM & 7 PMSighting map

10 sightingsRed FoxVulpes vulpesMost seen 6 AM & 7 PMSighting map

37 sightingsEuropean RabbitOryctolagus cuniculusMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

18 sightingsGrey HeronArdea cinereaMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

34 sightingsGreat Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorMost seen 7–9 AMSighting map

20 sightingsCommon RavenCorvus coraxMost seen 7–11 AM & 3–6 PMSighting map

11 sightingsEurasian Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisMost seen 7–10 AMSighting map

12 sightingsCommon HedgehogErinaceus europaeusMost seen 8 PMSighting map

Where to see Tawny Owl in Dartmoor