Don’t hurry, be happy

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 …

Return migration is here in earnest – David Callahan explains what to look for in autumn…

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

PHOTOS, LETTERS, TWEETS, QUESTIONS – HAVE YOUR SAY

Autumn is a wonderful time of year. Birds are on the move in their masses. It is exciting. And just about anything can turn up. Here are five birds which may look to be dressed in the dulled browns of autumn, but are all special, even thrilling to watch.

30-minute-birder Amanda Tuke meets Kent’s charismatic corvids…