News from the BBC on an influx of a rare visitor to UK shores. The short-eared owls have been appearing along England’s east coast and has sparked interest among bird-watchers. Large numbers of the owls have been spotted at places including the Humber estuary. It is suspected that there’s a shortage of food in their native range which is driving this migration. According to the RSPB, short-eared owls were “of European conservation concern” as their numbers were in moderate decline.