What eats an owl in a food chain?

Owls do not have many predators. In some places, eagles sometimes kill and eat owls, and smaller kinds, or species, of owls are sometimes killed and eaten by larger types of owls. Serpents that can climb trees will eat baby owls or owl eggs if they get the chance.

What does a barn owl eat?

Mostly rodents. Feeds heavily on voles; also takes various kinds of mice, small rats, shrews, young rabbits, other mammals. Eats very small numbers of birds, lizards, insects, rarely frogs or even fish.

Where are Barn Owls in the food chain?

Barn Owls are birds of prey or raptors – specialised hunters at the top of the food chain, which means that they need to eat prey animals to survive. Prey animals – mainly small mammals – eat other smaller creatures or plants, seeds and fruits. Plants get their energy from the sun, and from rain water, air and soil.

Are Barn Owls at the top of the food chain?

In fact, owls often eat other predators, such as weasels, bats, shrews and insect-eating birds. Therefore, owls hold a position at the top of the food chain.

Are there any food chain worksheets for owls?

It is a bundle of the following products: -Owl Vocabulary Information & Owl Pellet Data Sheet w/ Graphing Analysis -Barn Owl Food Web & Energy Pyramid- works with Owl Pellets -Vole Skeleton template for Owl pellets -Signs of Owl Life Outdoor These are three food chain foldables.

What can I do to help barn owl?

Download the Barn Owl food web worksheet. Carry out a field study! Go to the school field, local woods or common land, or ask a local farmer if you can use his field. Mark out a square of land using tent pegs and string.

Do you know what links a lion, an orca and a barn owl?

Do you know what links a lion, an orca and a barn owl? Test your knowledge with ARKive’s Web of Wildlife and discover what eats what in the natural world. Explore food chains and feeding relationships in a variety of habitats, from British woodlands to the African savannah. Fantastic resource!

How to learn more about barn owl pellets?

There is lots more information about owl pellets on our Barn Owl pellets page or buy a Barn Owl pellet dissection pack from our online shop for everything you need to get investigating! Download the Barn Owl pellet analysis worksheet.