Adrian Thomas looks to the skies for three special birds that you may see over your garden or might even attract into your space to breed

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fter its closure and abandonment in 1969, St Andrew’s Chapel, a once handsome 15th-century gatehouse abbey in Boxley, Kent, stood for 50 years in a state of decay, at ever-increasing risk of ruin. Tod

In this new series, I’ll explore just how clever plants are, the complex ways in which they respond to the environment around them, the adaptations they make and the survival strategies they employ. I

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