The blazing sunshine of July’s first three weeks was a godsend for lepidoptera

Like music, the love of birds may be part of what it is to be human

The process is non-linear. There are too many intangibles

There are 15 times as many larger moths in Britain as butterflies

The tranquil Jerusalem Bird Observatory is is bang in the middle of one of the world’s great bird-migration route and has recorded more than 200 species

You don't need to go on safari in Africa to encounter a gripping wildlife spectacle. In England there's one coming to an end just about now

If nearly all the medieval churches of Britain had been destroyed there would be an outcry. Our disappearing hay meadows deserve the same reverence

There is one recent bird immigrant which once seemed on the point of lighting up our springtime, but is sadly now on the point of disappearing completely

This uniquely lucky generation always felt a sense of radical specialness - but what did they do to the natural world?

To a British enthusiast, it's a once-in-a-lifetime encounter. Oxford don Professor EB Ford caught sight of one in 1941 and set off in frenzied pursuit.