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Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus / Parus caeruleus) at bird feeder eating fat mixed with seeds and nuts in winter

Big Garden Birdwatch: when it is, how to take part, and species to look out for

Farnoush Mansourpour

Entries for Wildlife Artist of the Year 2022 competition now open

A robin perches on a snow-covered twig. © Andrew Howe/Getty

How to watch Winterwatch

Sir David Attenborough surrounded by Saguaro Cacti, Carnegiea. Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. © Paul Williams

How to watch The Green Planet

Attenborough looks into the camera, sitting by a desk (with blurry books and record player). He is sat in a greenhouse, with blooming yellow flowers behind him.

How to watch Attenborough’s Wonder of Song

Aerial View of Humpback Whales Bubble Net Feeding

Big benefits for whales from their big appetites

A female large-antlered muntjac with her fawn. © FFI

Baby of elusive deer species photographed for first time in Cambodia

A Tristan albatross fledgling. © M Jones

Mouse spotted on Gough Island following eradication programme

An octopus photographed underwater. Its body is a range of colours, mostly patterned brown and yellow, with yellow eyes. It is surrounded by a seaweed and a fish swims past it.

24 of the new species described in 2021

Will Smith descends into a volcano. © National Geographic for Disney+/Kyle Christy

How to watch Welcome To Earth

House martin feeding chicks at the nest

Familiar birds added to revised UK Red List

David Attenborough helps Ben Garrod out with a mammoth task

How to watch Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard on BBC One

How to watch Shark with Steve Backshall

Overall winner: Ouch! © Ken Jensen/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

Winning images announced for Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021

Jacques Cousteau (wearing a dark jumper and without his customary red hat) looks into the camera, holding a hand up to the side and slightly behind him where some topless younger men are working with a yellow submersible which is attached to a small crane. In the background, there is a town or city harbour.

How to watch Becoming Cousteau