The UK population of these lovely animals has been in decline, but conservation projects are doing vital work to help

RED FOX

Winter visitors that gather in noisy flocks to forage together

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

SET A TARGET OF SEEING 200 BIRDS IN ONE YEAR!

Unfairly maligned as a sneaky troublemaker, the quicksilver ferret is a characterful, curious and highly intelligent creature–with fascinating regal and cultural trappings to boot, writes Octavia Pollock