Mike will spare you you tales of his recent exploits in and around his local area... apart from what he saw this morning

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

PHOTOS, LETTERS, TWEETS, QUESTIONS – HAVE YOUR SAY

Finding the best birds can mean looking in some less than obvious places, writes Paul Brook

A warm early autumn is great for invertebrates, says James Lowen

LIGHT is everything when it comes to taking pictures, and after weeks of nothing but drab greyness, the weather is set fair. In a quiet corner of our rambling garden, I have set up my small portable p