Barn Owl

The barn owl hunts at dusk over rough grassland and field edges, quartering low and dropping on voles it hears in the grass. Its heart-shaped face funnels sound to its ears, and soft-edged feathers make its flight almost silent.

It nests in old barns, hollow trees and nest boxes put up by farmers and wildlife groups.

Based on plate 28, volume 1 of John Gould's The Birds of Great Britain.