Barn owls

Devon survey reveals a catastrophic year for British barn owls

Britain's largest regular survey of barn owls, carried out once a decade in Devon, has revealed the extent of the devastation hitting the popular bird's breeding season.

According to the Barn Owl Trust, conservationists are describing 2013 as "the worst barn owl breeding season for over thirty years."

The Trust says: "A run of extreme weather events since 2009 has devastated...