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Jolly frock-coated robins, majestic geese and arboreal partridges make for both literal and symbolic centrepieces at Christmas, says Matthew Dennison, as he revels in the cultural history of the season’s feathered fowl and game

How did your career in wildlife photography start? When I was ten years old. Having always been a keen naturalist and birdwatcher, photography became a natural progression of my passion for the outdoo

THIS MONTH Barn owls

Nadia Shaikh seeks good company for a search-and-gorge to get her through the ruthless darkness of the winter months

Plundering a local byway for a spot of festive foraging, John Lewis-Stempel finds all life proliferating in the multitudinous micro-habitat of the winter hedgerow