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Tim writes: this was a flock of Knot at high tide at Spurn in East Yorkshire taken in early October.  I say Knot, though if you look really carefully there are at least eight Dunlin among them.  Most of the Knot are in grey winter plumage but a few of them have orange mottling, remnants…

Jane is a naturalist, photographer and nature writer living in Dorset. Her work has appeared in books, anthologies and blogs for charities such as The Wildlife Trusts and the International Bee Research Association. When she’s not exploring Dorset’s lanes and countryside she can be found lying on her stomach watching insects in her garden. Jane…

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This month’s Birdwatch is a cracker. How do you identify redpolls? A good question – and there are some good answers here. Josh Jones makes the case that we should look even more carefully at gulls because there are some potential additions to the British list that might well tuen up – fortune favours the…

England’s ‘national rainforests’ to be protected through new legislation to prevent heather burning on blanket bog  The government has today announced plans to bring forward legislation to prevent the burning of heather and other vegetation on protected blanket bog habitats. The new regulations will prevent the burning of any specified vegetation on areas of deep peat (over 40cm depth) on…