After snatching up a rodent or fellow bird, they swallow their prey whole, squeezing together the indigestible bits in their gizzard and discarding what’s called an “owl pellet.” Or in other ...

Owls of Europe: Biology, Identification and Conservation by Wolfgang Scherzinger and Theodor Mebs (Bloomsbury, 2024). ISBN: 9781399410793. Hbk, £60.