“they’re everywhere. above, below, slicing through the blue”

PHOTOGRAPHER SIMON URWIN ON THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF CAPTURING RAJA AMPAT’S CORAL REEFS FOR OUR OCTOBER ISSUE

THE THRILL OF LANDING IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS IS TO FIND YOU’VE SOMEHOW VENTURED OVER THE LIP OF THE KNOWN WORLD

It’s a part of Iceland that’s off the tourist trail, but it’s brilliant for birding, writes Vanessa Wright

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

I went from rock bottom to mer-mazing

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