In the spotlight

I started talking to dragonflies in India at a place where my husband and I stayed several times in the foothills of the Himalayas. I noticed that dragonflies came and settled in the sunshine on the p

Peek over the parapet of a bridge just as daylight bleeds into dusk, gazing down through the clear layers of a shallow river or chalk stream, and you may glimpse the shadowy, serpentine form of an eel

Found across heathland, moorland, woodland and grassland, the common lizard can be seen basking in sunny spots

A sturdy bonsai freshwater swashbuckler, the spiny stickleback is often the first fish we catch as children

30-minute birder Amanda Tuke sees the benefits of being distracted by birds at home, and on the coast

I HAVE written numerous pieces about mallard – this our most ubiquitous duck is a survivor. Mallard can be found almost everywhere, and I love them and never tire of watching them. They are underrated