Blue jay

Spring is the time to see the muscular and noble goshawk, usually as elusive as a ghost circling and swooping through the sky

PHOTOS, LETTERS, TWEETS, QUESTIONS – HAVE YOUR SAY

We are now into the second half of the year. It may not seem it, but these summer days are getting slightly shorter. Baby birds have reached, or are getting, to full size, and some Arctic breeding birds will already be flying south. Here are five July classics to enjoy...

Size doesn’t matter when it comes to the fighting spirit of the tiny merlin, a fierce parent and favoured hunting accessory of Mary, Queen of Scots

Lines get blurred when it comes to non-native species, so whose rules do you follow, asks Matt Merritt

Our view of them may be clouded by controversy, but the sight of a silver-grey hen harrier scaling the heavens is pure theatre