- Barn owls
will only attempt to breed if the habitat is
right. They need extensive areas of rough
grassland or lightly grazed grassland either as
whole fields or field margins which form
"Corridors". Barn owls most usual prey
are short-tailed voles, mice and shrews which
inhabit such areas of grassland.
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- The barn owl
can survive quite well on modern intensively
farmed land where corridors exist, provided they
are extensive enough. A 240 acre farm with about
10 fields edged with corridors can provide the
necessary hunting range for breeding to occur. On
smaller farms, farmers working together or in
co-operation with organisations such as ours can
group together to provide this type of habitat.
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- Temporary ley
grassland, cultivated land and fields well grazed
by sheep or cattle do not provide this type of
habitat.
