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

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

PRAYERS, PIRKS AND PRAWNS

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

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

An unassuming entrance leads to the amazing underworld of rabbits, where social order rules, and every corridor has a purpose