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Things to do this month

A barn owl in flight in snow near woodland

A month in the countryside: connecting with nature in February

I look with hope for signs of reawakening in new buds and early flowers

Things to do this month

Introducing Orion: a stargazing craft activity for families

Try our fun stargazing Star Count crafty activity for primary-age kids!

Best of the countryside

Man and boy reading a picture book inside a home at a table

Countryside books for children and young adults

Here are our favourite countryside books. What are your top rural reads?

Save our hedgerows

Five young people cross stepping stones across a stream

A detail image showing hands signing a piece of paper attached to a clipboard

Best of the countryside

Best of the countryside

A view of London's skyline from a wheat field

What is the Green Belt, and why does it matter?

Best of the countryside

Here be dragons!

Best of the countryside

a woman walking a dog on frosty moorland with hills on the horizon

Susie White’s wonders of winter

Best of the countryside

A walker descending a hillside path in bright sunshine with snow and scree on the ground

Clare Balding on caring for our countryside and the pleasures of rambling

Our pick

Strandline surprises: what to look out for on a winter coastal walk

A wander along a winter beach can bring some strandline surprises.

Hand holding whelk egg cases on pebble background

Susie White’s wonders of winter

‘I fell for Northumberland’s wide skies and wind-whipped grass uplands.’

a woman walking a dog on frosty moorland with hills on the horizon

Helping wildlife through the winter

Four ways to help wildlife get through the winter.

Red squirrel eating nut in snow

Written in the stars

Professional star-spotter Gary Fildes shares his journey into astronomy.

A woman stands outside Kielder Observatory looking over Kielder Water

Things to do this month

Things to do this month

Four pans with pancakes held by separate arms of people ready to toss them

Have a flipping great pancake day

Things to do this month

A barn owl in flight in snow near woodland

A month in the countryside: connecting with nature in February

Things to do this month

Introducing Orion: a stargazing craft activity for families

Things to do this month

a woman reading a book in front of a fire

Wild words to sustain us this winter