In mid-April Mike stumbled upon a piece of behaviour which he’d previously thought was mythical. Drum roll, please...

Hoopoe, Winterton, Norfolk, 16 April STEVE GANTLETT Highlights ...

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Highlights In association with Following Cornwall’s Alpine Accentor, ...

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With returning swifts screaming across the rooftop and golden buttercup pollen gilding his Wellingtons as he strides across the cow meadow, John Lewis-Stempel marvels at the many pleasures of May