Gillian burke

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

An early-morning dog walk through the woods sees John Lewis-Stempel coming face to face–or skin to spider silk–with the industrious magic of a September dawn

Ian McEwan is strolling through the garden of his Cotswolds manor house. Bees waft drowsily between wildflowers. Plump apples, pears and walnuts bauble the trees. Vibrant cerulean-blue damselflies hov

Continuing our series on the healing power of nature

Good advice could transform your birdwatching, writes Susan Fowler

Karen Youngs encounters squabbling herons and glimpses an elusive predator on a waterside walk