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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

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

If you found one of these on your patch, you’d be guaranteed a fanfare, says David Lindo …

The best rare birds seen all around Britain in 2025

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