Birdwatcher Mya-Rose Craig: ‘The nature sector is decades behind in terms of...
The birder and activist on increasing access to nature, why it’s important to be an optimist, and the joys of Cambridge University’s Taylor Swift societyMya-Rose Craig is a 20-year-old birdwatcher and...
View ArticleBirdgirl by Mya-Rose Craig review – a prodigy takes flight
How birdwatching helped an extraordinary young woman and her family through testing timesIn deciding to write a personal memoir at the age of 20, the ornithologist and activist Mya-Rose Craig has shown...
View ArticleWaterfalls, stargazing and buzzards: the Moffat walking festival in...
The elegant town of Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway proves a great base for exploring nearby rewilded landscapes, beautiful gardens and wildlife – with astronomy a bonusAt the top of the gorge, strings...
View ArticleSeptember gales bring seabirds to Britain’s shores
Change in weather is opportunity for keen birders to see species that rarely venture close to landAs autumn takes hold, and September gales arrive in Britain from the south-west, birdwatchers head to...
View ArticleA birdwatching trip back in time: ‘What pre-mammal New Zealand would’ve been...
Just outside Dunedin, kākā chatter, ancient lizards hatch their eggs, and baby kiwis fatten up to fighting weight in a predator-free sanctuaryThe forest is making a racket. I pause to listen near a 400...
View ArticleA walk on the wild side: explore the Avalon Marshes, Somerset
In the shadow of Glastonbury Tor, on the Somerset Levels, our writer discovers a wetland wonderland for wildlifeA great white. Not a shark, but a snow-white egret, balancing on the bank while peering...
View ArticleBirdwatch: why coots and their ‘friends’ are worth a closer look
The ‘funny black ducks’ from my youth are often near a gadwall – and I was shocked to learn whyI have a soft spot for coots, because almost 60 years ago, when I was a young child, they kick-started my...
View ArticleSkyward: birdwatching is belonging for two teenage conservationists
Young birdwatchers Mya and Arjun feel the pressure of climate breakdown and the biodiversity crisis. As two reserved teenagers on the cusp of adulthood, they find comfort in birdwatching while being...
View Article‘We need to be braver’: young naturalists on the world beyond Cop15
Birdwatchers Mya, Arjun and Kabir have grown up seeing the effects of wildlife decline. They talk about what inspires them, their hopes for future action and how everyone can connect with the nature on...
View ArticleSkyward: birdwatching is belonging for two teenage conservationists
Young birdwatchers Mya and Arjun feel the pressure of climate breakdown and the biodiversity crisis. As two reserved teenagers on the cusp of adulthood, they find comfort in birdwatching while being...
View ArticleDid our country diarist get the big calls right? | Letter
Jayne Lee Wilson wonders if the bird call heard by Paul Evans was a fieldfare rather than a redwingIn his very interesting piece on redwings’ protectionism towards their most precious berries (Country...
View Article‘Gold mist lingers over frozen marshes’: eight great UK winter walks
With its stark beauty and quieter paths, it’s the ideal season for exploring. Our writers tread routes with a theme, from art and architecture to birds and riversSee also: How to walk well in...
View ArticleCountry diary: An Arctic rarity has caused a stir | Claire Stares
Langstone, Hampshire: Hunkered down out of the wind, away from its cackling cousins, is a lone Sabine’s gullI don’t consider myself to be a twitcher. I get just as much joy from watching the...
View ArticleBig Garden Birdwatch 2023: share your sightings
As the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch returns for its 44th year, we would like to hear about – and see pictures of – your sightings As the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch returns for its 44th year, we would...
View ArticleWoodpeckers and wagtails: how readers enjoyed the big birdwatch
People tell us about their sightings as part of RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch, with many species flourishingThe Big Garden Birdwatch, a citizen survey organised by the RSPB, has returned for its 44th...
View ArticleBirdwatch: listening to the lapwing’s ‘peewit’ ring out over Somerset Levels
The lapwing’s English and scientific names both refer to its distinctive flight: how its wings flash as they pass overheadAt the age of nine, a friend took me to a meadow on the outskirts of my...
View ArticlePeter Mundy obituary
As a child growing up on the outskirts of war-ravaged London, my friend Peter Mundy, who has died aged 81, would scramble across the rubble, scavenging anything of interest and imagining himself as a...
View Article‘He passed the bee baton on to me’: people who inherit hobbies
From beekeeping to crochet, these hobbies passed down through generations form lasting bondsIt’s fair to say Alasdair Friend didn’t always picture himself as a beekeeper. But when a diagnosis of motor...
View Article‘Tourism is our only option’: the community banking on birding in north India
A new initiative in a Himalayan wildlife sanctuary is attracting birdwatchers and hikers to the remote foothills, and offering vulnerable villages a lifelineWith the morning sun on her face, Kamla...
View ArticleBirdwatch: a close encounter I had waited almost six decades for
After a tiny movement in dense Panamanian foliage, finally, there it was: a violet-capped hummingbirdIt had been a frustrating morning, as rainforest birding so often is; made even trickier by bright...
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