As if to upset the rural order still further, the collared-dove’s benighted cooing can be taken by the uninitiated for a cuckoo’s call; country weeklies, once confident in the letters of vicars and ...

This week's bird mystery is the opposite of the one presented here last week. Last week, we had a bird that was seen and not heard; this week, we have a bird that was heard but not seen. The sound was ...