The countryside in… july

Karen Youngs has a painful encounter with a nettle patch on an afternoon walk

At the height of summer, little owls are often active during daylight in the morning and evening. In July the recently fledged young start to explore the area around the nest. The owlets are adorable,

B ecause it’s the school summer holidays, it’s ...

Instead of another trip to the zoo, try exploring your local rewilding project over the holidays. Rewilding – the large-scale restoration of nature to the point where it can take care of itself again

Unhurried in flight and with a sideline in stolen goods, the handsome red kite is the gentleman thief of the raptor world

From a heroic long-distance swimmer to a producer of spectacularly eerie sound effects, the seabirds seen swooping and diving over British waters have all manner of singular skills, says John Lewis-Stempel