What’s that bird?

SET A TARGET OF SEEING 200 BIRDS IN ONE YEAR!

Getting to know these clever, creative and handsome birds

MAKE Y OUR BIRDING C OUNT

Good advice could transform your birdwatching, writes Susan Fowler

Jean Vernon suggests practical ways to provide food, habitats and safety for our feathered friends as the weather cools

October is many birders’ favourite time of the year. The potential is massive! Anything can and will turn up. However, here are five birds which will certainly be about and should be ‘gettable’ (with a bit of luck and skill) this month.