October brings the first of the frosts, bewitching mist, the turning of leaves and a host of otherworldly visitors, finds John Lewis-Stempel

SET A TARGET OF SEEING 200 BIRDS IN ONE YEAR!

Have your very own Winter Watch at home and look out for some garden visitors in the coming weeks and months

Birds can transport us to another time and place entirely,

November is traditionally a time for a slowing of the migration rush. That said, there are still plenty of birds on the move, and still just enough time to make serious progress on the endgame of your year list…

Winter visitors that gather in noisy flocks to forage together