Photo club

PRIZE-WINNING PHOTO Two of a kind I was searching for Ural owl nests in Făget, a forest near my hometown, when I spotted these chicks. To photograph them, I climbed a tree with a telephoto lens, far enough away not to disturb them and the one parent that was nearby. It was a very nice […]

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Ripan Biswas talks spiders, flies and idyllic encounters with dolphins

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Suprises lurk at the bottom of the back garden These last few years have been eye-opening in various ways to us all, but something that has definitely come out of it for me is the power of my back garden to lift the spirits. There is nothing better than exploring a corner that hasn’t been […]

Next month: Tripod the lion

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Tales from the bush: Into the woods

A band of young naturalists seek out a mysterious migrant

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BBC Wildlife

New species of shrew in Sunderland

Greater white-toothed shrew discovery is a first for mainland UK A NEW SPECIES OF NON-NATIVE MAMMAL has been confirmed for mainland Britain after a social media post led to the chance discovery of a greater white-toothed shrew in North East England. The unusual-looking, long-snouted mammal caught the eye of ecologist Ian Bond and subsequent DNA […]

Approach with care

This month, go heron watching – but try not to be seen