We need more control over fireworks to protect wildlife

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

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I was recently following the 27s pod of orcas down the coast of Orkney with some fellow whale-watchers, when the pod pulled into a bay close to Burwick and stayed for around an hour. There was blood i

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

Q What is the coldest winter the UK has experienced? A In more recent times the Met Office points to the winter of 1963, which was the coldest since 1740, with temperatures dropping to as low as -20°C

James fair’s article ‘the burning question on moors’ (October 2025) makes a good stab at presenting the views of both sides of this debate. But by presenting the issue as conservationists versus grous