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PHOTOS, LETTERS, TWEETS, QUESTIONS – HAVE YOUR SAY

We take a look at the UK’s brilliant variety of British birds of prey

Until this summer, Montagu’s Harrier had disappeared as a UK breeding bird – can anything be done to mitigate the challenges to future success, asks John Miles …

FOR AS LONG AS I COULD REMEMBER, the northern goshawk had been elusive, existing just at the edge of everything. This ‘grey ghost’ haunted my imagination. In the early 1970s – which was just as I was

For broadcaster and naturalist David Lindo, the city offers as many birdwatching opportunities as the countryside. You just need to know where to focus your binoculars

After facing extinction as a British breeder, this handsome small bird has bounced back, writes Ian Parsons …