Beginning to see the light

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

Does the abundance of rowan berries really forecast snowy days and a hard winter, muses Tessa Waugh , as a home meet draws people of all ages, stages and pre-dawn routines

A year in the life of the eighteenth-century naturalist

Peak autumn has a treasure trove of non-feathered riches to discover, says James Lowen

D aylight, soft and grey, spreads into the ...

The private Worcestershire garden of John Massey Inspired by his friends Christopher Lloyd and Princess Greta Sturdza, nurseryman and plant breeder John Massey has made a garden that never ceases to delight, writes Charles Quest-Ritson