Barn Owl, Tyto alba, female out during daytime hunting from a fence alongside a fenland road in Cambridgeshire

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Barn Owl, Tyto alba, female hunting from fencepostes beside a lane in the Fens near Ely Cambridgeshire. Mostly they seem quite wary of traffic but there is a high mortality rate due to these Owls being road casualties.

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Size: 3744px × 5616px
Location: Pymoor, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Nigel Blake / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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