Errol

Errol was one of the Weasley family's owls. He was a great grey owl, or Strix nebulosa.He was "ancient" by 1992, and his poor eyesight caused him to hit objects in flight. According to Harry Potter, he resembled a moulting feather duster. Ron Weasley often called Errol a "bloody bird," a "ruddy bird," or a "menace".
==Biography ==
When Ron Weasley didn't hear from Harry Potter all summer, he initially thought it was Errol's fault because it wouldn't be the first time he collapsed on delivery. Errol was absolved when Ron learned that Dobby had deliberately prevented Harry from receiving post.He also delivered Molly Weasley's Howler to Ron after he and Harry stole Arthur Weasley's flying Ford Anglia and drove it to Hogwarts.
==Etymology==
Errol is a village in Scotland, near Perth, which may have served as inspiration for the name of the Weasley family owl.It is also the name of a dragon in an early Terry Pratchett novel that flies into windows and has the tendency to explode.It is also possible that his name refers to "error" (as the two words are similar), because of the bird's age and known characteristics.
==Behind the scenes==
*Errol appears in , as he bumps into the kitchen window at The Burrow. Later in the film, he lands in a bowl of crisps in the Great Hall in Hogwarts when delivering Ron a Howler from his mom. It is later mentioned that he was used by Ron to deliver Hagrid's release papers. Due to the fact that Errol got lost, Hagrid's release from prison was delayed.
*When J. K. Rowling first dreamt up Errol, she had in her mind a picture she had seen of "a very comical, large, fluffy, grey, bewildered-looking bird whose breed I had never known". When she first visited the aviary at Leavesden Studios, when Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was being filmed, she saw a big line of great grey owls that were "an exact replica" of what she had in mind.
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Category:Foundables
Category:Males
Category:Owls
Category:Weasley Family Pets