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Photography
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Snowy Owl Plate | ||||
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| Distinguishing Features |  |
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| Height 60cm (23in), Male mostly white sparsely specked with black. Female (pictured) is slightly larger with a heavier black mottling. Eyes are yellow. | |||||
| Food | |||||
| Mainly small mammals, occasionally large animals such as rabbits and birds. | |||||
| (Strigidae)
nyctea scandiaca |
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Nesting | ||||
| Between May July. Clutch of 3 to 9 eggs. Incubation appx 30 days. Eggs tended by female only, female tending chicks in the fist 3 weeks, both parents feeding until fledged. | |||||
| Habitat | |||||
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Arctic tundra, very rare visitor to GB and Eire. |
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The darker green on the map above indicates
where you are most likely to see a Snowy Owl.
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| Other information | |||||
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The Snowy Owl successful breed in the Shetlands Isles in the late 60's - early 70's. Sightings of the Snowy Owl in GB are sadly very rare indeed. Normally breeding grounds are North America, Northern Russia and Scandanavia. |
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