Barn Owl Ups and Downs

Winter birds make for a good reason to go out for a walk in the local countryside. Barn Owl numbers can change in numbers significantly from year to year depending on the food supply and weather conditions. 2016 was a boom year for this species locally whilst 2020 was not good. Still Lincolnshire may hold more than 10% of the population of this species. This Barn Owl is using the tree guards as a handy post to find field mice in the long grass.