Long-eared Owl Asio otus is the most common owl in Ireland, detailed knowledge of the nature of its food is limited to a single analysis of pellets (L. E. Adams, in Standen 1897). Adams collected these, so far as is known, from the Ballycastle area, Co. Antrim, in May 1897. The present study is intended to give a picture of the food of this owl in north-east Ireland as a whole, allowing for possib...

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