The tufted ground squirrel

In a time when people are being asked to consider eating insects, we should, perhaps, learn a thing or two from the aardvark (Orycteropus afer), Africa’s ant-guzzling gourmand. On an average night, th

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As the UK marks Red Squirrel Appreciation Day, Vanessa Fawcett from the Red Squirrel Survival Trust explains why the characterful mammal needs our help if they are to survive and thrive

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

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

PICTURES: JOHN GRINDLE & DAVID BURTON THE WALK ...