Spinning around

Red kites, great spotted woodpeckers and pink-footed geese are only a few of the birds doing brilliantly in the British Isles right now. Mark Cocker celebrates their success stories and looks at what might be learnt from them

SVEN-ERIK ARNDT/ARTERRA/UNIVERSAL/GETTY ● There was a mallard duck ...

IT began as an unremarkable day. Leaves falling into mud on the riverbank, the sun shy behind ink splodged clouds. Jays screeching in the oakwood. I stopped. Mammal tracks drew my eyes. I knelt. These

Karen Youngs is on the lookout for nature’s collectibles during a sunny spring walk

Mike’s local area has become a difficult place to watch gulls, but it makes up for their lack in other ways

A transatlantic stray brought birders flocking, writes Ruth Miller…