Your wildlife month

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

SET A TARGET OF SEEING 200 BIRDS IN ONE YEAR!

Getting to know these clever, creative and handsome birds

October is many birders’ favourite time of the year. The potential is massive! Anything can and will turn up. However, here are five birds which will certainly be about and should be ‘gettable’ (with a bit of luck and skill) this month.

Grey Phalarope, Pelagic (Scilly), 31 August RICHARD STONIER ...

It’s a massive circular traffic jam, isn’t it? Think again – the M25 is your road to great birding, writes Matt Merritt