Hen harrier breeding project takes flight

Our view of them may be clouded by controversy, but the sight of a silver-grey hen harrier scaling the heavens is pure theatre

Spring is the time to see the muscular and noble goshawk, usually as elusive as a ghost circling and swooping through the sky

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PHOTOS, LETTERS, TWEETS, QUESTIONS – HAVE YOUR SAY

Size doesn’t matter when it comes to the fighting spirit of the tiny merlin, a fierce parent and favoured hunting accessory of Mary, Queen of Scots

When did you come back to the farm and what have you been doing over the last 30 years? I came back unexpectedly (after my brother died), and like a rabbit in the headlights I slowly managed to get my