The best rare birds seen all around Britain in 2025

Hares tend to steal the limelight in March, thanks to their spirited boxing bouts, as the females fend off unwanted advances from feisty males. However, rabbits are fairly boisterous, too. The differe

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

Karen Youngs encounters a couple of bachelors looking for love as the season shifts into spring

Just a hop, skip and jump from London, but a million miles from the stresses of the city, newly refurbished countryside retreat Burnham Beeches makes a perfect escape, whether you’re seeking a Mother’

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