Red-throated wryneck

DAVID LINDO THE URBAN BIRDER

Unhurried in flight and with a sideline in stolen goods, the handsome red kite is the gentleman thief of the raptor world

Check your answers against our explanations. Remember, there are no ‘trick’ birds or extreme rarities among these...

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

B ecause it’s the school summer holidays, it’s ...

In the British countryside, it’s common to hear gruff caw-caw-cawing and see large black birds flapping overhead. That’ll be a corvid – but which have you spotted, asks Clare Hunt