Herald of spring: the call of the cuckoo

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The marsh harrier, with its effortlessly slow and floating signature manoeuvre, is so enjoying its UK comeback that it now stays with us all year round

Now the crowds have gone, Karen Youngs heads to the beach to enjoy the antics of some recent arrivals

What a time to be alive… if you’re a capercaillie! The average brood size of this rare bird has more than doubled in parts of Scotland, a paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals– thanks to

WE CONTINUE OUR 40TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS BY HIGHLIGHTING OUR FAVOURITE WILDLIFE SPOTS ACROSS THE UK COMPILED BY LISA HARRIS

Right to Roam organiser and naturalist Nadia Shaikh reminds us to notice this resilient small brown bird amid our upland monocultures