In the shallows

Found across heathland, moorland, woodland and grassland, the common lizard can be seen basking in sunny spots

Peek over the parapet of a bridge just as daylight bleeds into dusk, gazing down through the clear layers of a shallow river or chalk stream, and you may glimpse the shadowy, serpentine form of an eel

The best of the season to inspire and admire

Beautiful to behold but fraught with danger, water is the stuff of both golfing dreams and nightmares. Rob Smith drops anchor...

30-minute birder Amanda Tuke sees the benefits of being distracted by birds at home, and on the coast

Roger Morgan-Grenville celebrates the shapeshifting glories of Britain’s sea paths, evanescent byways revealed by the tides