The countryside in… july

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.

Kari-Astri Davies visits an influential garden and sings the praises of a colourful border stalwart

We are now into the second half of the year. It may not seem it, but these summer days are getting slightly shorter. Baby birds have reached, or are getting, to full size, and some Arctic breeding birds will already be flying south. Here are five July classics to enjoy...

July

Thirty-minute birder Amanda Tuke is on the lookout for a woodland specialist with a dazzling gaze, in Berlin and Surrey…