Hear the language of the birds

The marsh harrier, with its effortlessly slow and floating signature manoeuvre, is so enjoying its UK comeback that it now stays with us all year round

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Now the crowds have gone, Karen Youngs heads to the beach to enjoy the antics of some recent arrivals

Whooshing trees, clattering fish, fizzing reed piles: at the National Trust’s Wicken Fen Nature Reserve, a new trail conceived by audio-visual sculptor Kathy Hinde gives voice to the life that hides under or around the surface of ponds and ditches

By bridging ‘the hungry gap’ with supplementary feeding, we can breathe life into our declining farmland bird populations, but farming practices must be changed to secure their future, says Hannah Bourne-Taylor

Ancient rural skills in a modern world