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Listen out for the heartstopping song of the blackcap
Ben Hoare
Autumn is a wonderful time of year. Birds are on the move in their masses. It is exciting. And just about anything can turn up. Here are five birds which may look to be dressed in the dulled browns of autumn, but are all special, even thrilling to watch.
Suited to dazzle and trilling a joyous song, the goldfinch weaves its magic in both the countryside and garden
A master of disguise, inexplicably shy and unpredictably wild, the increasingly rare ring ouzel warrants giving any blackbird a second glance,
Getting to know these chatty, sociable and intelligent birds
After facing extinction as a British breeder, this handsome small bird has bounced back, writes Ian Parsons …
30-minute-birder Amanda Tuke meets Kent’s charismatic corvids…
