Barn Owl

The Barn Owl has long been on my most wanted list but has proven very elusive. The prolonged hard winters in 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 appears to have had an adverse effect on pairs in the Peak District but hopefully they will do better this year. There certainly seems to be an abundance of voles, which is also helping the Long-eareds. This bird took seven voles in an hour.

Barn Owl