All there in black-and-white

From a heroic long-distance swimmer to a producer of spectacularly eerie sound effects, the seabirds seen swooping and diving over British waters have all manner of singular skills, says John Lewis-Stempel

Check your answers against our explanations. Remember, there are no ‘trick’ birds or extreme rarities among these...

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Mountain birding in Taiwan puts our own uplands in perspective, writes Ruth Miller

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

With a ‘butterfly emergency’ in the UK, conservationists are gearing up for this year’s Big Butterfly Count. But what has happened to these insects? And can they – on a wing and a prayer – ever bounce back?