Aquatic warbler

30-minute birder Amanda Tuke sees the benefits of being distracted by birds at home, and on the coast

The best rare birds seen all around Britain in August

SET A TARGET OF SEEING 200 BIRDS IN ONE YEAR!

Peek over the parapet of a bridge just as daylight bleeds into dusk, gazing down through the clear layers of a shallow river or chalk stream, and you may glimpse the shadowy, serpentine form of an eel

MAKE Y OUR BIRDING C OUNT

Being a big fan of tiny phalaropes, Mike couldn’t resist a visit (or two) to see one fairly locally, in early September