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British bird quiz
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (154+ words) Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by His Majesty The King not once, but twice. It is a celebration of modern rural life and…...
The intelligent, clownish breed that conquered Britain after the Second World War
1+ week, 4+ day ago (540+ words) Once described by Country Life as a 'stream-lined bulldog', the boxer rose from relative obscurity to become one of Britain's most popular dog breeds. Agile, intelligent and endlessly entertaining, this German working dog has won admirers from Zara Tindall to…...
Will AI be the saving grace of Britain's beloved hedgehogs?
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (237+ words) A group of scientists at the University of Cambridge has managed to identify specific sites that might offer habitat for hedgehogs, writes Will Hosie. At a time when public confidence in artificial intelligence (AI) seems lower than usual, a group…...
The dogs of Rivals: Every breed spotted at the Rutshire Cup polo match " and beyond
2+ week, 4+ day ago (407+ words) From aristocratic pointers to glamorous Dalmatians, season two of 'Rivals' is packed with scene-stealing dogs. We paused, rewound and freeze-framed our way through episode one to identify every breed spotted at the Rutshire polo match " all in the name of…...
What is everyone talking about this week: The secret life of plankton
3+ week, 3+ day ago (281+ words) Country Life You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful As the Season gets under way this month, Britain's intelligentsia will descend upon the Hay Festival. I've always loved that a glorified book fair on the Welsh borders can…...
Britain's rescue dogs deserve celebrating
3+ week, 4+ day ago (807+ words) Ahead of National Rescue Dog Day on May 20, we look at Battersea's enduring legacy of rescuing and rehoming dogs, the families who say they cannot imagine life without them and why these dogs continue to change lives. Not all dogs…...
The much unloved, many talented, quick-witted bird that inspired the Cold-War poetry of Poet Laureate Ted Hughes
3+ week, 6+ day ago (173+ words) In the first of our new series on "unloved birds, we take a beady-eyed look at the charred black carrion crow, the clever corvid with the coarse voice. If we had to pick a mascot for the Unloved Birds Club,…...
An opportunity to inspect even one of the gargantuan pages of Audubon's Birds of America shouldn't be missed
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (747+ words) After discovering a volume of the one-time world's most expensive book under a dust sheet, a museum in Glasgow is offering visitors the chance to view it up close. What lay beneath left her speechless. A first edition of the…...
With a fighting spirit and human help, the red squirrel is fighting back
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (336+ words) The red squirrel's plight is well known, but, recently, there have been some encouraging signs of a revival. Vicky Liddell listens out for rustling overhead. "Red squirrels are builders of woods,' says UK Squirrel Accord's Julie Bailey. Red squirrels first…...
'This event epitomised our vision for me: snow leopards and people living in harmony"
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (647+ words) This Earth Day, the World Wide Fund for Nature asks its experts to remind us what it's worth fighting for. This is apparently known as eco-anxiety. It hits me when I try my best to clean up a yoghurt pot…...