Short-eared owl - hibou des marais - (Asio flammeus) 11583
Sandwich, Kent, England.
Another shot of these beautiful creatures. One of three (it is said) quartering the fields. Two were flying together for a while before this one rested.
Short-eared owls mainly hunt during the daytime, flying low over moorland, grassland and saltmarshes where they feed on field voles and small birds. About the same size as the barn owl, but with long wings, the short-eared owl breeds in North England and Scotland, but can be seen more widely in winter. They nest on the ground in scraped-out hollows lined with grass and downy feathers.
Some short-eared owls migrate here from Scandanavia, Russia and Iceland for the winter and can occasionally be seen flying in off the sea.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/birds-prey...
Short-eared owl - hibou des marais - (Asio flammeus) 11583
Sandwich, Kent, England.
Another shot of these beautiful creatures. One of three (it is said) quartering the fields. Two were flying together for a while before this one rested.
Short-eared owls mainly hunt during the daytime, flying low over moorland, grassland and saltmarshes where they feed on field voles and small birds. About the same size as the barn owl, but with long wings, the short-eared owl breeds in North England and Scotland, but can be seen more widely in winter. They nest on the ground in scraped-out hollows lined with grass and downy feathers.
Some short-eared owls migrate here from Scandanavia, Russia and Iceland for the winter and can occasionally be seen flying in off the sea.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/birds-prey...