CATS: ruthless enemies of our garden birds
MOST cat lovers like garden birds and are horrified when Tiddles reverts to type and snuffs out the lives of a nest of young robins or...
SKYLARK: when a perfect summer's day goes wrong
FOR such a small bird, it seems amazing that the skylark features in so many people's memories of perfect summer days. From its lofty...
ANTS: savage fire game almost ended in disaster
RUTHLESSLY efficient, ants would probably be ruling the Earth by now if they were not so tiny. Black and red ants - our two most common...
CROW: last laugh for a bird of ill-omen
CRAFTY and resourceful, the carrion crow continues to flourish in this country despite the gradual decline of more popular bird species....
CUCKOO: treacherous visitor on a deadly mission
DESPITE their welcome calls each spring, cuckoos would soon be given short shrift if their ruthless trickery was translated to the human...
RAM: fancy footwork needed to avoid being flattened
WHEN you consider that, before foot-and-mouth struck, there were an estimated 40 million sheep in this country, it comes as a shock that...
ROBIN: friendly garden bird is a violent foe
OF all our native garden birds, it is undoubtedly the robin that takes the prize for popularity at Christmas. Go into any card shop in...
FOXES: killed by milk of human kindness
FOXHUNTING has been back on the national political agenda in a big way again of late with 'pro' and 'anti' hunt groups tearing each other...
DEER: dawn vision after a hellish night in father's car
ELUSIVE and fleet of foot, deer can move like shadows through the densest forest or bound effortlessly away across the most treacherous...
GRASS: wild type a world away from garden chore
MOWING the lawn must be one of the most tedious chores Man ever invented for himself, especially if - like me - you have a deep aversion...
