Catch a glimpse of a white-faced barn owl
With heartshaped face, buff back and wings and
pure white under-parts, the barn owl is a distinctive and much
loved countryside bird.
Catch a glimpse of this graceful bird in
flight as it hunts for prey; dusk and dawn are the main peaks of
activity.
Although barn owls are not woodland birds,
they will use woodland edges, and large clearings - especially
those with long grass - for foraging.
Projects in Tayside, Clackmannanshire,
Stirling and Fife, are currently underway to boost the barn owl
population, including simple measures to improve habitats and
provide nestboxes. So take a stroll in the countryside of lowland
Scotland this winter and you could well be rewarded with views of a
resident owl.
Click here for more information on the
Barn Owl.
