Rare winter visitor, which may have bred in the past.

Mr Marlborough H. Pryor recorded in 1900 that Long-eared Owls were on the increase in the neighbourhood of Stevenage, and Foster (1914) claimed that they nested near Stevenage.

One was found dead at Box Wood on 15 April 1969 and, three were reported from the wood on 22 February 1971, subsequently pellets were found on 13 March 1971 and 1 May 1971.

One was seen at Watery Grove on 22 October 1989.