Like the owls now found in the outskirts of Surrey (5)
I believe the answer is:
snowy
'like the owls' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'now found in the outskirts of surrey' is the wordplay.
'found in' is an insertion indicator.
'the outskirts of' suggests removing the centre (only letters on the outskirts).
'surrey' with its centre taken out is 'sy'.
'now' put within 'sy' is 'SNOWY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for snowy that I've seen before include "Covered in flakes" , "- Mountains; - owl" , "Like cold weather" , "Tintin's (white?) dog" , "Tintin's dog - describing winter weather" .)