Drake wigeon call

Return migration is here in earnest – David Callahan explains what to look for in autumn…

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Autumn is a wonderful time of year. Birds are on the move in their masses. It is exciting. And just about anything can turn up. Here are five birds which may look to be dressed in the dulled browns of autumn, but are all special, even thrilling to watch.

THE BLACK-CAPPED chickadee is wonderfully onomatopoeic. When the diminutive songbird, which is Canada’s answer to the great tit, spots a great-horned owl perched in a tree, it broadcasts a shrill ‘chi

Karen Youngs revels in the changing landscape and encounters a handsome game bird on a morning walk

They’re the species that blend into the background – 10 that every birder should be ticking, but maybe isn’t…