Mike Pratt marvels at the sense of tranquillity we can all enjoy in wild and hidden places

John Ashton considers the now unoccupied Sycamore Gap and its part as a sacred place in our history.

Anthony Toole compares a walk along a favourite trail in winter and in spring.

Ian Kerr celebrates the stonechat, one of our most attractive and colourful small birds.

Ian Kerr profiles the whooper swan and its distant cousin, the Bewick’s swan.

Photographer Ged Kivlehan’s haunting images of Neolithic rock art and Bronze Age monuments lit by starlight.

Mike Pratt reflects on the joy to be found in immersing oneself in the natural world.