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

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

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The best rare birds seen all around Britain in 2025

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

For most of the year, greater sage-grouse keep a low profile, blending into their vast sagebrush home across the American West. But come the breeding season, the males suddenly take centre stage – and