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

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

Sporting its dapper monochrome plumage, a black (or American) skimmer calls to its colony-mates on a busy Florida beach. A member of the tern family and one of just three skimmer species worldwide, th

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

Reading Sam Pyrah’s feature ‘In search of natural wonders’ in the January issue, I can’t imagine she was standing close to her starling murmuration, or she would have mentioned the incredible noise it