Packham’s heroes

Countryfile ’s newest presenter on growing up with chickens, family camping trips and the tea towel that caused a stir with her husband…

Britain’s wild places are under pressure – but cycling gives us rare access to their beauty and fragility. Sophie Pavelle explores what’s at stake from the saddle

Chris Packham is one of our most popular wildlife broadcasters – so popular, he has even been talked of as a potential successor to the great David Attenborough. Here, he talks birding for beginners, TV, Wild Justice and some pressing conservation problems. John Miles is asking the questions

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The public outcry that swept the nation after the mindless destruction of the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree that had stood for 150 years in a dramatic dip of Hadrian’s Wall showed just how much we ca

Home to a veritable ‘Noah’s Ark of species’, thanks to never being ploughed, sprayed or fertilised, our churchyards are a sacred haven for flora and fauna