Countryside
Seasons of snow and sun
Anthony Toole compares a walk along a favourite trail in winter and in spring.
Sound and beauty
Ian Kerr celebrates the stonechat, one of our most attractive and colourful small birds.
Return of the wild swans
Ian Kerr profiles the whooper swan and its distant cousin, the Bewick’s swan.
Time’s arrow
Photographer Ged Kivlehan’s haunting images of Neolithic rock art and Bronze Age monuments lit by starlight.
In the still of the night
Mike Pratt reflects on the joy to be found in immersing oneself in the natural world.