How to greet a cockchafer

Wildlife gardening is hugely beneficial, both for biodiversity and for gardeners. By providing food, shelter and nest sites for a wide range of species, you get the opportunity to engage with the natu

Lynn Farram and the congregation of Christ Church, Norris Green, Liverpool

Jenny Sheldon from The Wildlife Trusts encourages us to make the most of the season’s nature

Whether winter-faded ferns, the spindly harvestman or the tyrannical stare of an irate chicken, through-lines from the prehistoric to our modern age are all around us in November, says John Lewis-Stempel

Nadia Shaikh seeks good company for a search-and-gorge to get her through the ruthless darkness of the winter months

The carp are slowing down, so use these baits to unlock the surprise specimens lurking in your local day-ticket fisheries