With nearly 90 nature reserves across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to choose from, which are the best to visit this month?

Glorious green invertebrates take to the wing this spring, while iconic birdsong returns to our skies – but is the famous bird related to the cuckooflower and cuckoo spit?

Simon Barnett, Berkshire Land Manager, explains why cattle are doing an essential job at Wildmoor Heath nature reserve

"Carefully, panels are removed from areas no longer requiring protection, with vigilance for early nesting birds among the vegetation entwined in the wire fencing."

Is it okay to feed our feathered friends? In light of a new evidence review from the RSPB, Tom Hibbert explains the best way to keep birds visiting your garden safe.

Discover some of the special species living in a garden pond, with entomologist Ben Keywood.

With nearly 90 nature reserves across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to choose from, which are the best to visit this month?

From returning swallows and post-hibernation hedgehogs to pondlife predators and rare purple wildflowers, April brings a whole host of wildlife to see.

"This length of hedgerow now lies low and lush. Light reaches the drovers’ track once again, and dormant seeds in the soil will flourish."

Logan Walker describes his surprise encounter with a pair of nesting treecreepers.