Happy New (wildlife-watching) Year to all readers, says James Lowen

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Adrian Thomas pieces together the garden ecosystem

My girl’s love of bumblebees helped her through a hard time

My sky is never empty. At dawn there may be just a lone crow beating a steady path north, or at dusk, the curiously undulating, huge wings of a heron heading to roost in a willow above the ditch. Duck

Nadia Shaikh watches out for signs of life each February, the month that gives us a teaser trailer for spring