Andy Rouse / Short Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) hunting above grassland. UK, Europe, December.

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) in flight, backlit, at dusk, Lincolnshire, UK, March

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Silhouette of Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) in flight at dusk, Lincolnshire, UK, March. Did you know? Short eared owls often hunt by day and although their name derives from tufts of feathers on the...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Young Short eared owl (Asio flammeus) walking along branch, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Alan Williams / Short eared owl (Asio flammeus) on roadside post, Norfolk, UK, January

Alan Williams / Short eared owl (Asio flammeus) hovering while hunting in flight, Norfolk, UK, January

Orsolya Haarberg / Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus). Mvatn, Iceland. May 2008

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Round-eared Elephant Shrew (Macroscelides proboscideus), Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Round-eared Elephant Shrew (Macroscelides proboscideus), Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa

Mike Read / Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) perched on a fence post. Tadham Moor, Tealham and Tadham Moor SSSI, Somerset Levels and Moors, England, UK. February.

Oscar Dewhurst / Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) in flight over grassland with industrial landscape of Teeside in the background. Durham, UK. August

Oscar Dewhurst / Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) perched on wooden post in rough grassland, Durham, UK. February. Cropped