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Ben Andrew

Nightingales are migratory birds, arriving in the UK from mid-April until the end of August. They’re becoming increasingly rare, however: the bird’s numbers have declined by 92% since 1970, according to a recent study.

Starlings are usually found in groups: during autumn and winter, they can be seen in enormous flocks performing spectacular murmurations. Songbird populations have been dwindling in recent decades, but new regenerative projects are helping to recover depleted landscapes, reintroduce species and create and safeguard habitats.

The black grouse is found in uplands and in the remaining Caledonian Forest of the Highlands.

Little tern chicks are coloured to camouflage them against the sand to help protect them against predators in their exposed nests.

A little tern returning to its nest with fish on the Norfolk coastline, August.

A common cuckoo male in a summer shower, Surrey.

The white-tailed eagle is Britain's biggest bird of prey. Hunted to extinction in Britain, it was re-introduced to the west coast of Scotland and is now – tentatively – beginning to thrive.

Swifts are in need of nest boxes to assist their breeding here in the UK. While they are currently far away, now is the time to do the legwork.

The stirring sight of swifts overhead.

A goldcrest, 'Regulus regulus', perched on gorse, at RSPB Havergate Island.