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TwitTwooTwat · 02/04/2025 02:06

I have owl rage, and I need to let it all owl-t. AIBU to dislike owls and their twit-twoo hooting fuckery?

I know I might ruffle some feathers with this opinion, but a owl has moved nearby and every night I can hear it making less than whootiful night noises. It’s being antisoci-owl. Probably trying to attract a mate. The only time we don’t hear it, is when it rains as it is, ahem, too-wet-to-woo.

Local FB page weirdos say they love hearing it, but how I can I get the feathery fuckwit to go Hoo-dini without it turning into a Hoot-dunnit? I don’t want someone to talon me. Anyone know any owlchemy?

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aspidernamedfluffy · 02/04/2025 17:14

We have a double whammy here...woodpeckers during the day and owls at night. Apparently it's "peaceful" in the countryside...not here it's not. Oh and I've had to deal with turf wars (or tree wars if you like), between the bastarding wood pigeons and and the blackbirds.

Deathinparadisefan · 02/04/2025 17:12

Oh they are one of my favourite animals. I’d rather hear the sounds of nature than the sounds of traffic.

RobintheNun · 02/04/2025 17:07

ErrolTheDragon · 02/04/2025 16:53

If it’s twitting or tuwooing it’s not a barn owl, they do a sort of shriek rather than hooting.
The rspb website has audio clips of bird songs/calls

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/barn-owl

or if you haven’t already got it, get the brilliant Merlin app

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Ooh thank you! It’s more of a Wooo Wooo and then a single ghostly Woooooooo in response, all quite mournful sounding. Going to have a listen when I get home- people may think me mad if I do it here…

ErrolTheDragon · 02/04/2025 16:53

RobintheNun · 02/04/2025 16:41

How do you tell what kind of owl it is? I’ve learned from this thread that the really annoying one if the female, and she’s got a loser of a male who replies occasionally from a distance.

If it’s twitting or tuwooing it’s not a barn owl, they do a sort of shriek rather than hooting.
The rspb website has audio clips of bird songs/calls

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/barn-owl

or if you haven’t already got it, get the brilliant Merlin app

RobintheNun · 02/04/2025 16:41

How do you tell what kind of owl it is? I’ve learned from this thread that the really annoying one if the female, and she’s got a loser of a male who replies occasionally from a distance.

TheTecknician · 02/04/2025 16:35

I always think Tawny owls look slightly stoned, probably from being awake all night hooting and hollering. Barn owls, on the other hand, have a much more dignified appearance with their heart-shape face.

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GasPanic · 02/04/2025 16:34

I like owls they are beautiful.

Would like one round here but probably not enough trees for them.

ErrolTheDragon · 02/04/2025 16:09

If you’re hearing twits and tuwhoos, then you’ve got a pair. We used to have owls hereabouts (my neighbour once called me out to show me one happily roosting in my chimney cowl), I miss their gentle calling.

DramaAlpaca · 02/04/2025 15:38

@TwitTwooTwat I have to say that is hands down my favourite ever username.

I saw an owl near my house one night when out for a walk. I was so excited at spotting it I ran all the way home to tell DH, who couldn't quite understand the excitement. I've never seen it since, unfortunately.

I'd love an owl, however noisy. In our garden we have magpies and crows, who are really noisy in the mornings, and a couple of loved up collared doves who coo at each other all day. Soon there will be house martins, who nest above my bedroom window every summer and wake me up with their chatter.

TheCountofMountingCrispBags · 02/04/2025 15:34

TTH

DinoLil · 02/04/2025 15:04

I owly wish I had owls! I stayed in York a couple of years ago and didn't sleep owl night because of a very vocal resident in a nearby tree.

Here, I have bats. Not noisy themselves but I sit outside at dusk and watch them swooping around. I'm the noisy part because I squeal with delight when I see them. Dog sighs and wanders back indoors!

MrsMoastyToasty · 02/04/2025 14:58

Around these 'ere parts the sound of "owls" is the signal that the local lowlife types are casing an area with the intention of breaking into properties and are communicating with out the need to speak.
It's the wood pigeons that annoy me with their woo-woooo-woo when I'm trying to have a lie in.

FadedRed · 02/04/2025 14:46

Love to hear owls. Hate to hear the machine-gun ratatat of magpies though, noisy feckers.

mimbleandlittlemy · 02/04/2025 14:41

@FatherFrosty - we used to have a local pair and Mrs would get absolutely furious if Mr didn't answer promptly. You'd hear increasingly loud T-WHIT and eventually a rather shamefaced t-woooooo.

FatherFrosty · 02/04/2025 14:33

mimbleandlittlemy · 02/04/2025 14:02

Fun fact. If you're hearing a twit then a twoo, you've actually got female and male owls calling to each other. The female says t-wit, then the male answers with t-woo.

I always think It’s like a husband and wife bickering. She’s hollering twit at him

GoFaster83 · 02/04/2025 14:30

Kingfishersperch · 02/04/2025 14:09

I really love owls.

Me too! They're my favourite until I remember another bird I love...

GoFaster83 · 02/04/2025 14:28

Barn owl babies just hiss like angry kittens. It's a frighteningly human sound until you know what it is!

ohnowwhatcanitbe · 02/04/2025 14:21

If you think owls are bad, try listening to muntjac deer barking away all night.

TheSuperbOwl · 02/04/2025 14:11

You are being unreasonable 👀

Kingfishersperch · 02/04/2025 14:09

I really love owls.

TheRealMcKenna · 02/04/2025 14:08

I’d far sooner hear the local owl than be subjected to the sounds of foxes shagging (as I am on many evenings).

Snippit · 02/04/2025 14:07

We have Tawny owls next door but one, we love hearing them. We hardly hear them with the windows closed, mystified that you’re so annoyed by them, unless your windows are open 24/7 🤷‍♀️

mimbleandlittlemy · 02/04/2025 14:02

Fun fact. If you're hearing a twit then a twoo, you've actually got female and male owls calling to each other. The female says t-wit, then the male answers with t-woo.

crazzynut · 02/04/2025 13:57

Owls are like peacocks bad luck if an owl low flys full wing span past you its bad luck.

Goldiefrocks · 02/04/2025 13:27

Hate their screeching as bad as the bloody foxes

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