Barn owl

With their signature large, heart-shaped faces, pure white underparts, and buff-coloured wings and back, barn owls are top of the league in the raptor beauty stakes. They are consummate predators of small mammals such as baby rabbits, mice, rats, voles and shrews, which they seek out by using their super-sensitive auditory powers and exceptional eyesight. Food is often swallowed whole and a pellet of indigestible bones and fur is regurgitated at a later date through their mouths. Look out for th...