10 great sites for brilliant birdwatching

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30-minute birder Amanda Tuke sees the benefits of being distracted by birds at home, and on the coast

Roger Morgan-Grenville celebrates the shapeshifting glories of Britain’s sea paths, evanescent byways revealed by the tides

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