In the spotlight

Daniel Allen looks at a bird that is thriving in our gardens and woodlands

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

Birds of prey in flight have a reputation for being very tough to identify. However, follow these guidelines and you have a good chance of telling these five larger species apart. Note photos are not to scale.

What a time to be alive… if you’re a capercaillie! The average brood size of this rare bird has more than doubled in parts of Scotland, a paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals– thanks to

This month’s challenge is all about the identification of long-legged birds

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