Grumpy old birder

Easy ways to make your garden more nature-friendly

The fields at sleight farm, near Bath, are not much to look at. One is bare earth and deeply rutted, reminiscent of land that has been subjected to the rootling behaviour of wild boar. “This,” says en

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Continuing our series on the healing power of nature

Encouraging biodiversity can also help railway reliability

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