Little egret

The white-tailed eagle, the UK’s largest bird of prey, was brought back from extinction – and it all started with an ambitious project on a mountainous Scottish island, half a century ago...

This month’s challenge is all about the identification of long-legged birds

The marsh harrier, with its effortlessly slow and floating signature manoeuvre, is so enjoying its UK comeback that it now stays with us all year round

DOMINIC COUZENS ON THE...

Long unseen on British shores, white stork chicks are hatching once again in the UK and a colony is now flourishing in West Sussex thanks to a pioneering restoration project, finds Jack Watkins

WE CONTINUE OUR 40TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS BY HIGHLIGHTING OUR FAVOURITE WILDLIFE SPOTS ACROSS THE UK COMPILED BY LISA HARRIS