Mark Avery: the one that got away
Our columnist reflects on the formerly closer relationship between the UK and the EU – and what might have been for our wildlife and the...
21/07/2024
Always entertaining, sometimes controversial – the views of some of birding's top opinion-makers.
Our columnist reflects on the formerly closer relationship between the UK and the EU – and what might have been for our wildlife and the...
21/07/2024
Our new columnist reflects on bidding farewell to one patch and saying hello to another following a recent house move.
10/07/2024
The creator of The Feather Speech, which won Campaign of the Year in the 2023 Birders' Choice Awards, explains why we need to step up for...
30/06/2024
As the AI conversation rumbles on, our columnist discusses 'smart binoculars', forgery and exactly what path our hobby is heading along.
20/06/2024
Football is Britain's – and indeed the world's – most popular sport. And among the thousands of football clubs across the planet, birds...
16/06/2024
The RSPB's long-standing study of our garden birds came and went again in January. What are its merits, and do certain elements of garden...
12/06/2024
As AI technology advances in birding and wildlife recording in general, our columnist ponders what forms future software and apps may take.
30/05/2024
After the American Ornithological Society's decision to change the English names of bird species honouring people, our columnist suggests...
19/05/2024
Our columnist suggests that it's time for the farming industry to take a long, hard look at itself, as wildlife populations continue to...
09/05/2024
Work led our columnist to Northumberland's uplands last year, where he reconnected with several iconic species.
28/04/2024
Mimicry is commonly encountered in the bird world, but sometimes humans exhibit such behaviours too, writes our columnist.
11/04/2024
We all have them – species that have managed to evade our lists, sometimes despite concerted effort to see them or even involving multiple...
28/03/2024