In the spotlight

WE CONTINUE OUR 40TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS BY HIGHLIGHTING OUR FAVOURITE WILDLIFE SPOTS ACROSS THE UK COMPILED BY LISA HARRIS

SITTING in my hide, listening to the birdsong and the burn trickling below, is so peaceful. The trouble with having a hide in the garden is that often, I forget the time. I become so absorbed with the

Scourge of the bird feeder and a master of ‘shock and awe’ assassinations, the sparrowhawk pursues its quarry with such tenacity and unpredictability that it often blindsides its prey

Structured, social and remarkably sophisticated, a bustling woodland ant community is home to engineers, farmers, nurses and warriors

Right to Roam organiser and naturalist Nadia Shaikh reminds us to notice this resilient small brown bird amid our upland monocultures

LIGHT is everything when it comes to taking pictures, and after weeks of nothing but drab greyness, the weather is set fair. In a quiet corner of our rambling garden, I have set up my small portable p