The best rare birds seen all around Britain in 2025

I’d just dropped Sarah off at a small railway station in Scotland and, after several weeks travelling together, I was on my own again. She was heading home to Cornwall, leaving me free to devote time

On a small island off Iceland, the dedication of one woman and her family has created an unparalleled bird paradise, writes Maria Stallman …

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

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

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