Nadia Shaikh seeks good company for a search-and-gorge to get her through the ruthless darkness of the winter months

Jolly frock-coated robins, majestic geese and arboreal partridges make for both literal and symbolic centrepieces at Christmas, says Matthew Dennison, as he revels in the cultural history of the season’s feathered fowl and game

THIS MONTH Barn owls

What the scientists are saying… Falling puffin numbers ...

In the mid-2000s, the RSPB began transferring millions of ...

This striking snowy-feathered bird is a winter visitor to Britain, particularly near the coasts of northern England and Scotland