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YOUR BIRDING MONTH
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Toby explains why natural predators and late season warmth can help provide many of this year’s beleaguered plants with a second wind of growth
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Autumn is a wonderful time of year. Birds are on the move in their masses. It is exciting. And just about anything can turn up. Here are five birds which may look to be dressed in the dulled browns of autumn, but are all special, even thrilling to watch.
IMMORTALISED AS RATTY IN The Wind in the Willows, water voles are much loved mammals in Britain, though sadly at a low ebb due to decades of habitat loss, river pollution and predation by introduced A
Kari-Astri Davies considers choosing tulips to fire up her beds in the wake of bulb-buying frustration