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

Red kites, great spotted woodpeckers and pink-footed geese are only a few of the birds doing brilliantly in the British Isles right now. Mark Cocker celebrates their success stories and looks at what might be learnt from them

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MARCH

Look Amy, a Little Egret!” Jo gestured to a snow-white bird standing motionless in the frothing shallows of the river and raised a pair of glossy black binoculars to her eyes. Amy looked over to where

AMELIA arrives home from her half-day at work. She has the week’s shopping and quickly squirrels everything away, leaving just her children’s magazines on the kitchen table. Seeing she only has three-