If you found one of these on your patch, you’d be guaranteed a fanfare, says David Lindo …

Fluid in flight and perplexingly wide-ranging, the short-eared owl is a singular figure in the family– and a figure of particular terror to the vole

Whether for its textbook appearance, regional ubiquity or haunting and mellifluous call, it’s no wonder the inimitable tawny may be Britain’s best-loved owl

Karen Youngs encounters a couple of bachelors looking for love as the season shifts into spring

Lets take a closer look at these adaptable and intelligent birds

Adrian Thomas looks to the skies for three special birds that you may see over your garden or might even attract into your space to breed