Sand on my feet

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

For a quarter of a century, the National Lobster Hatchery in Padstow has been leading the way in crustacean conservation. Oliver Berry heads west to observe its mission in close-up

No self-professed bird-lover should ever tire of ‘vismigging’, or watching avian migrations in action. This biannual event occurs when huge numbers of migratory birds follow established flyways to the

The hatchlings of the giant Amazon River turtle (Podocnemis expansa) in Guaporé, southern Brazil, have been waiting for exactly the right conditions to break free, Sir David Attenborough’s voiceover t

The geography of Batumi, Georgia, makes it one of the great destinations for observing mass migration of raptors, writes Mike Weedon

When you’re watching waders, you need to make sure the conditions are just right, writes Ruth Miller