Bird of the month -the jay

Jean Vernon suggests practical ways to provide food, habitats and safety for our feathered friends as the weather cools

A healthy ecosystem in the garden has so many benefits for your plants and local wildlife. The autumn and winter months can be notoriously tricky for plot visitors thanks to the diminished food resour

Emma O’Neill, head gardener at Garden Organic, shows you some thrifty ways to help feathered friends

Jays are secretive birds, at least by crow standards. They have a knack of slipping away among trees unseen, or we might glimpse their bright white rumps as they vanish into the leaves, shrieking as t

Advice and inspiration with Nige Eaton , horticulture expert at Moss & Moor, Ilkley

Karen Youngs encounters squabbling herons and glimpses an elusive predator on a waterside walk