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The rise and rise of raptor species has been a major success of the past half century, but it may well have been the downfall of the common kestrel
In the British countryside, it’s common to hear gruff caw-caw-cawing and see large black birds flapping overhead. That’ll be a corvid – but which have you spotted, asks Clare Hunt
Hidden in rock pools up and down the coastline, the fascinating lifestyle of the shore crab invokes curiosity among beach explorers
Unhurried in flight and with a sideline in stolen goods, the handsome red kite is the gentleman thief of the raptor world
B ecause it’s the school summer holidays, it’s ...
It’s 9pm in late april in an area of the Isle of Man known as the Ballaugh Curragh, and a most unusual nocturnal migration is taking place. As darkness descends on a 2km² area of wet woodland, an esti