This month’s challenge is all about the identification of long-legged birds

Amazingly, we have reached another September, the beating heart of birding autumn. Migration is in full swing, and there is always a chance of finding something very special. Here are five birds which will make any September day.

Finding the best birds can mean looking in some less than obvious places, writes Paul Brook

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30-minute birder Amanda Tuke follows the Ouseburn to the Tyne in search of urban nature and the city’s most intriguing residents

Bhutan is one of the most desirable birding destinations on the planet, as Stephen Moss discovered on a Limosa Holidays trip to the legendary Land of the Thunder Dragon…