Where eagles aberdare

30-minute birder Amanda Tuke sees the benefits of being distracted by birds at home, and on the coast

Continuing our series on the healing power of nature

It’s a part of Iceland that’s off the tourist trail, but it’s brilliant for birding, writes Vanessa Wright

Bird enthusiast Caroline Spinks is determined to protect the habitat of a special species

Curlews were commonplace when vet Alf Wight -the fictional James Herriot - was driving through the Yorkshire Dales. Today they are a threatened species and All Creatures Great and Small actor Samuel West is adding to the call to ensure their survival

“I know she’s there,” says Dennis. We’re standing on a grassy ridge above a tree-lined watercourse, squinting through binoculars at a tangle of sticks in the canopy of a tall Podocarpus. “Last time, I