Little Owl
The
Little Owl is the smallest of our owls, being no bigger
than a Starling in length. The best time to see one is in
the evening, when birds will catch the last hour or so of
the sunshine, half hidden in the branches of a tree.
Little Owls are birds of farmland,
eating lots of worms and insects, which they catch while
stomping about fields at night. They nest in holes in trees
or sometimes in rabbit burrows. Occasionally Little Owls
will move into a large nest box but they are more likely
to be attracted to
special
nest boxes.