num_pages: 88
description:  Dusk is filling the valley. It is the time of the gloaming the owl-light. Out in the wood the resident tawny has started calling Hoo-hoo-hoo-h-o-o-o.There is something about owls. They feature in every major culture from the Stone Age onwards. They are creatures of the night and thus of magic. They are the birds of ill-tidings the avian messengers from the Other Side. But owls  with the sapient flatness of their faces their big round eyes their paternal expressions  are also reassuringly familiar. We see them as wise like Athenas owl and loyal like Harry Potter's Hedwig. Human-like in other words. No other species has so captivated us. In The Secret Life of the Owl John Lewis-Stempel explores the legends and history of the owl. And in vivid lyrical prose he celebrates all the realities of this magnificent creature whose natural powers are as fantastic as any myth.'John Lewis-Stempel is one of the best nature writers of his generation' Country Life
language: English
title: The Secret Life of the Owl
publisher: TW Adult