The best rare birds seen all around Britain in 2025

Karen Youngs encounters a couple of bachelors looking for love as the season shifts into spring

Reading Sam Pyrah’s feature ‘In search of natural wonders’ in the January issue, I can’t imagine she was standing close to her starling murmuration, or she would have mentioned the incredible noise it

Lets take a closer look at these adaptable and intelligent birds

Whether for its textbook appearance, regional ubiquity or haunting and mellifluous call, it’s no wonder the inimitable tawny may be Britain’s best-loved owl

If you found one of these on your patch, you’d be guaranteed a fanfare, says David Lindo …