In the shallows

Don’t let floods keep you at home – as long as the water is warm there’s no better time to be out on the bank, trying for a big whisker

By january mountain hares have turned almost fully white, apart from their contrasting ear tips, which seem to have been dipped in black paint. Seeing these charismatic cold-adapted mammals is a highl

Christmas is a time of year when friends and family often congregate. But in the underwater world there’s a whole host of benefits to be gained from sticking together

I count myself very lucky to have travelled the world fishing

Plundering a local byway for a spot of festive foraging, John Lewis-Stempel finds all life proliferating in the multitudinous micro-habitat of the winter hedgerow

Dr Daniel Allen puts the spotlight on Britain’s only native crayfish