Nature notes

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,

Patrick Galbraith calls for a bit less tinkering around the hedges

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

Meanderings we couldn’t fit into the issue, but which seemed terribly important at the time...

IT’S midsummer, and this is usually the season when gardens are supposed to look their best – brimming with colour, buzzing with life, weed-free and calm, relaxing places for lounging with friends or

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