Woodcock in a war zone

SET A TARGET OF SEEING 200 BIRDS IN ONE YEAR!

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

Karen Youngs encounters squabbling herons and glimpses an elusive predator on a waterside walk

MAKE Y OUR BIRDING C OUNT

The geography of Batumi, Georgia, makes it one of the great destinations for observing mass migration of raptors, writes Mike Weedon

The best rare birds seen all around Britain in August