Adrian Thomas looks to the skies for three special birds that you may see over your garden or might even attract into your space to breed

Fluid in flight and perplexingly wide-ranging, the short-eared owl is a singular figure in the family– and a figure of particular terror to the vole

Now in its 47th year, the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch aims to offer a mass-participatory tonic to January’s often dreary outlook, with the opportunity to turn your gaze outwards and help the RSPB with

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

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Glastonbury, in the Somerset Levels, might bring to mind crystal healing and ley lines, but away from the town wildlife flourishes. Our campsite was perfectly placed, close to both the RSPB’s Ham Wall