I've lived near enough to the Isle of May for 20 something years to be slightly ashamed of the fact that I've only visited three times. You'd think that an island with its reputation for rares and a b...

I'm a lucky guy. My other half is French which means that over the years I have got to know a particular corner of South West France very well indeed. Or it's birdlife, at least. And it's food and win...

Macaulay Library ML658542493; © Mark Lewis; Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Starlings visiting a nest in a wall to feed young, probably just a few days before fledging

A group of about 15 red knot calling softly to one another as they feed at close range. Most calls were not audible (to me...) at the time.

a group of ringed plovers, en route to breed in Greenland or similar latitudes, on the Little Sea, Sanday

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Midwife toads calling in the heat of the night in Morlaas, south-western France