Ghosts of the Night: The Extraordinary Lives of British Owls

No animal better symbolises the desire to get closer and the need to respect distance than the owl.

These remarkable creatures are both among and apart from us: sharing the same environments but carrying a sense of mystique as they beat their wings low over the fields where they hunt, or swoop up and around to their nest, high in a tree or haystack. There is something ethereal, awe- and fear-inspiring about the appearance and movement of these birds: graceful, distinctive, almost otherworl...