Listeners say a bittersweet goodbye to swallows as they leave our shore.

Fledglings are learning to fly and avoid predators, like the sparrowhawk.

The chicks have arrived and they need feeding. What's for dinner?

Swallows are building their nests and we are peering in.

From the tip of Cornwall to the coasts of Scotland, the swallows are arriving home

The swallows are on their way, an epic 8,000 mile flight from South Africa. They're off!

Introducing A Summer of Swallows! A new podcast from Today and Radio 4

In the final episode, Becky Ripley and Emily Knight search for pufflings that have run into trouble on their journey from their burrows to the sea, guided by the light of the moon

Becky and Emily go in search of the last pufflings left in the burrows to give them a quick check-up before they leave their family homes and head out to sea

How do you draw puffins to an island they abandoned long ago? On Ramsey Island off the west coast of Wales, they're trying a very loud solution - blasting out the sound of puffins