Glausidium passerinum

Pygmy Owl / Sparvuggla / Spurveugle  Play/record song

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Denmark this winter is meeting, what is being  called, a major invasion of   Pygmy Owls (Glausidium passerinum) the smallest owl in Europe. And  with more than 20 observations  on Sjælland the part of Denmark close to Sweden,  it is indeed an invasion,  attracting even British twitchers.
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Glausidium passerinum (20808 bytes) Last time the Danes were experiencing  something remotely like this, was during the winter 1974-75 where 7 Pygmy Owls turned up. Since then, all through a period of 25 years only five  have  been reported. The latest,  one single bird back i 1993. 

 

 

 

 

This particular  bird is seen  in the cool afternoonlight on  Sunday January the 23rd in Jægersborg Dyrehave just 10 kilometers, (6 miles)  north   of Copenhagen. 
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