Owl eyes are round, but not spherical. These immobile, tubular structures sit on the front of an owl’s face like a pair of built-in binoculars. They allow the birds to focus in on prey and see in ...

Ghouls and goblins are figments of the imagination, but a very real flying creature can swoop from the air to flog or frighten us at any time of the day or night. Of all the Halloween “boo birds,” the ...

A couple of readers have asked about barn owls recently – and there was one seen near Broadbottom last week — so please let me know where and when you last saw one of these enigmatic birds. The barn ...