What has happened to the cuckoo? Prepare to be quiet and join Tony Rayner as he explores all the nooks and crannies that harbour birds both rare and common, visitors and residents.

Soaring high over the downland and villages around Blewburton Hill reveals a buzzard’s view of the countryside below, but it takes the devotion of patient bird-watchers to unravel the swings and roundabouts of its once-rich bird life. The dramatic increase in the number of buzzards and the arrival of the red kites is easily explained. However, the disappearance of the swifts from Blewbury is an unsolved mystery.