The countryside in... november

Karen Youngs encounters a rare and endearing animal, which is resident on an island off the Dorset coast

With returning swifts screaming across the rooftop and golden buttercup pollen gilding his Wellingtons as he strides across the cow meadow, John Lewis-Stempel marvels at the many pleasures of May

Fragrant and frothy, elder blossom is a highlight of May and June. The flat-topped flowerheads turn together to track the sun each day and attract a host of invertebrates, especially hoverflies and ti

I t’s the summer solstice, and the mountains ...

Jenny Ackland spots an explosion of colour this June as wildlife gears up for the start of summer.

Shrubs for biodiversity and better gardens for us all