On her way home from work on a recent wintry night, Kathy Keane ran into a group of people quietly watching a pair of great horned owls perched on a tree in Lincoln Park. “I started hearing the ‘hoot, ...
A Co Down farmer is celebrating after one of Northern Ireland’s rarest birds successfully bred on his land for the third year in a row. Barn owl numbers are down to fewer than 30 breeding pairs in the ...
We invariably think of owls as creatures linked to woods and darkness, but the short-eared owl bucks both trends in preferring open landscapes and by being active in daylight. In summer, when they are ...
A third barn owl released as part of a reintroduction project run by the FKNK has been shot and severely injured, according to BirdLife Malta. The organisation said the injured bird was found in ...