How to be a considerate birder

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Britain’s wild places are under pressure – but cycling gives us rare access to their beauty and fragility. Sophie Pavelle explores what’s at stake from the saddle

The quiet magic of patch birding fits perfectly into a busy life, writes Thomas Barker

Unhurried in flight and with a sideline in stolen goods, the handsome red kite is the gentleman thief of the raptor world

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With a ‘butterfly emergency’ in the UK, conservationists are gearing up for this year’s Big Butterfly Count. But what has happened to these insects? And can they – on a wing and a prayer – ever bounce back?