My latest Country Diary come out in today’s Saturday Guardian. Which is lovely because Saturday is the day we always get the paper copy …

Which also means I can upload this lovely image of a stylised redshank that accompanied the print version …

Thank you, Clifford Harper for that delicate picture. And as ever, but especially so this time, to the Country Diary’s editor, Paul Fleckney who helped me narrow my focus on this fascinating topic. For more on info the bits I had to leave out of the piece itself, you can read my replies to my ever-attentive readership. Thanks to all of you also.