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Curlews need all the help they can get ...

June’s birding was on fire, with some spectacular rarities found across the country, including waders, buntings, sparrows and bee-eaters...

An inspiring friend and a subscription to BW helped kindle Neil Flanagan’s love of birds

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

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.

I wonder if any of your team can shed any light on the following: where have all our garden birds gone? We live in rural South Devon, surrounded by countryside and have a lovely garden with numerous f