Montagu’s harriers, the UK’s rarest breeding bird, have nested at a secret location for the second year running – and have successfully reared six chicks. Last year, a pair of Montagu’s harriers nested in the same spot on farmland in England, raising four chicks in the first successful breeding for the bird of prey since 2019. This year, the male managed to breed with two new females, with the two nests a short distance apart.
Photograph: RSPB/PA
