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Paul writes: For the past four months I’ve been looking at insects in and around my garden and reporting what I’ve found. I’ve decided I can now spread my wings a bit so I don’t miss out too much on what is happening elsewhere. One of my favourite wildlife sights in Yorkshire, at this time…

‘Nature took on a new importance for thousands of people when the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Britain, providing solace in a time of great anxiety – not least because the crisis struck at the beginning of spring, the season of hope and renewal; and furthermore, in an extraordinary conjunction, the spring of 2020 turned out…

Tim writes: I know it’s not the prettiest of birds but this might be the start of a colonisation of Britain by Blyth’s Reed Warbler.  It was once considered to be an extreme rarity in Britain, only really identifiable in the hand by measurement of its short wing. It was first recorded on Fair Isle…

A modern Royal Family When you look across the Pond at Trumpland then there is quite a lot to be said for having a hereditary Head of State compared with where they have ended up. And I have quite a lot of time for 90-something year-old women as my own mother and mother-in-law both have…