Grumpy old birder

Can’t get out on safari? Let the wildlife come to you with these beautiful books. Amy Davies selects some recent releases for your shelf

An unusual view, this image was highly commended in the Nature Photographer of the Year 2024, Animal Portraits category. Amy Davies tells us more about it

PHOTOS, LETTERS, TWEETS, QUESTIONS – HAVE YOUR SAY

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

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

Compare tim flach’s wildlife portraits with almost identical images created by artificial intelligence (AI) and you are aware of two things – they are remarkably lifelike but you can still quite easil