Clever ways to count curlews

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

The white-tailed eagle, the UK’s largest bird of prey, was brought back from extinction – and it all started with an ambitious project on a mountainous Scottish island, half a century ago...

30-minute birder Amanda Tuke follows the Ouseburn to the Tyne in search of urban nature and the city’s most intriguing residents

The first Montagu harrier chicks to be hatched ...

Finding the best birds can mean looking in some less than obvious places, writes Paul Brook

Stuck on the sofa? That doesn’t stop you from birdwatching, writes Ruth Miller …