Britain is a country mercifully bereft of threatening fauna–or so you might believe. John Lewis-Stempel provides a miscellany of our otherwise benign land’s more fearsome critters

Remember, remember, watch wildlife in November,

Nature needs time to adapt to changing conditions,

The need to know what they’re up to drew ecologist Jonathan Briggs deeper into birding…

PHOTOS, LETTERS, TWEETS, QUESTIONS – HAVE YOUR SAY

From the pleasures of harvesting your own one-of-a-kind honey to the meditative calm that methodical hive-management brings, beekeeping has much to offer, finds Jane Wheatley