Heard tawny owls near the orchard, Streatham Common/Norwood Grove

Last night we went over to Biggin Wood at dusk to see if there were any Tawny Owls, as a friend of mine said he had heard them in there, but instead there were a lot of paraketes and crows, no hoots to be heard above the raucous din, but it is a lovely small wood, mainly of sessile oaks I think. The moon was 3/4 full so it made for quite a spooky night. On the way back down Covington Way we saw two foxes, but also heard the unmistakeable hoots of what sounded like two or three tawnys, moving over the trees from near Gibson's Hill towards the orchard part of the Common, there was also a shrill "mweet" cry interspersed with the hoots, we wondered if it was either foxes or the aggressive shriek of Tawnys challenging each other over territory, definitely worth returning at dusk on a dry night to see if they make themselves visible, great to know they are in Streatham still. We heard them at about 17:20, late, but it was a very bright night.

Below, Biggin Wood last night. 

A nice factoid I read the other day, a Druid, in Welsh,  derwydd,  means "oak knower".