Readers enjoy a big day out

Mike has been pondering the identification of individual birds, before drifting into insect-watching for the summer

Early May is a wonderful time to be out for as much time as you can muster, and it can deliver some great rewards

For the time-strapped birder, the ‘mini-twitch’ is key to boosting your year list, explains Marc Abbott

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Letting things grow helped Susan Wyman discover a new side to birding…