Just to let you all know that Bywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn Wildlife - a community interest company - will take over the management of the Glaslyn Osprey Project from 2014.

A pair of ospreys has bred in the Glaslyn Valley since 2004 and RSPB Cymru has been running...

RSPB Cymru welcomed the Natural Resources and Food Minister, Alun Davies’s announcement that more funds will go towards schemes to deliver for wildlife in the wider countryside. On Wednesday 18 December, Alun Davies made the first in a series...

Yesterday the Minister for Natural Resources and Food, Alun Davies, made a decision that should benefit wildlife-friendly farmers. By making as much money as possible available to support farmers that are helping to provide homes for nature, the minister...

 

On Friday 14^th December Niamh Stewart took part in and completed the Color Run in Dubai and raised a brilliant £265 for RSPB Conwy.

Niamh Stewart who lives in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, but has family near Conwy, was so impressed by the...

 

This week saw the release of the latest bridcrime report and despite 2013 being the 60^th year of legal protection for wild birds the report tells the continuing story of illegal persecution of birds of prey in Wales.

 The report reveals 12 instances...

Please don’t put the fat from your roasting tins outside for the birds – you could be killing them with kindness.
Many people wrongly believe that it is as beneficial to birds as other fats like lard and suet but cooked turkey fat is dangerous...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hoghome at Botanic gardens. image by Carl Stringer

Homes for wildlife have been put up at 5 iconic sites across Wales to promote Wales RSPB Cymru’s Giving Nature a Home campaign, aimed to inspire more people in Wales to create new...

With Christmas coming and town lights being turned on around the country, I wanted to give a different theme to Kidwelly’s parade with Santa. Working  with four local schools we made  willow and paper lanterns which they decorated with colourful silhouettes...

Having worked as a Public engagement  officer  for 6 months in north Wales  ‘busy’ is a word I mention  regularly when people ask me how it’s going.  Another word I hear myself saying is ‘variety’” I visit farmers on their farms, build wreathes...

The traditional Christmas song, ‘The Twelve Days Of Christmas’, is a festive ornithological treat, partridge, turtle dove, calling birds, French hens, geese and swans. That’s half of Christmas dominated by birds, and the modern version has lost some...

 

It just goes to show that  when people visit Welsh Reserves they are sometimes so inspired by what they see they land up fighting the cause for nature in the most unexpected places in the most unexpected ways!  

This is what happened to young Niamh S...

If you are a regular reader of my blogs, you would have heard me use the word “near mythicals” quite a lot.

What are “near mythicals”?

Well first of all you won’t find the term in any birding book. It is a phrase me and my good...

This week saw the launch of the British Trust for Ornithology, Bird Atlas 2007 – 2011. The Atlas presents 19 million records taken by over 40,000 volunteers across Britain and Ireland.  Every species covered by the atlas has a story to tell and the...

Gwyliwch ‘Gwylltio’ i weld ein swyddog Manon Keir a phlant lleol yn darganfod bywyd gwyllt y dref. Uchafbwyntiau yn cynnwys moch daear, draenogod a gwyach fawr gopog Parc Acton!  Watch ‘Gwylltio’ to see our officer Manon Keir and local kids...

Congratulations to Steve Jones from Chepstow, who was honoured with the RSPB’s highest volunteer accolade, the President’s Award in October.

There are more than 1000 registered volunteers in Wales - people from all walks of life who dedicate...

 

 

(Above) the colours of Ynys hir this week

To many the squat little peninsular of Wales has two distinct identities. North and yes you’ve guessed it South! Both these parts of Wales conjure up images of landscape in our heads when they are mentioned...

Every year the Welsh Government spends approximately £80 million of taxpayer’s money, on an scheme called Glastir to halt the loss of farmland and woodland wildlife. 

The model is very simple; farmers receive annual payments in return for...

(above)  somewhere beautiful  at Ynys Hir Yesterday

At last! The waiting is over! I can now stop biting my nails, pacing the hallway in to the early hours of the morning and get a first decent nights sleep in weeks.

Because yes you’ve guessed it (or...

I began working for RSPB Cymru three years ago, and I’ve since lost count of how many times my job in Community Fundraising has taken me on visits to supermarket foyers, or given my alter ego Harry the Giant Heron the opportunity for guest appearances...

For generations Welsh farmers have managed their land in ways that can provide a home for wildlife.  However increasingly intensive land management and a move away from traditional mixed farming practices in recent years means that nature no longer thrives...

Earlier this year the first ever State of Nature report showed us unequivocally that nature is in trouble.  So far the Welsh Government have responded to the report positively and as part of this it is currently looking at reviewing the payments it makes...

Yn gynharach eleni dangosodd adroddiad cyntaf erioed Sefyllfa Byd Natur bod byd natur mewn perygl enbyd. Hyd yma mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ymateb yn bositif i’r adroddiad ac fel rhan o hyn mae’n edrych ar hyn o bryd ar adolygu’r taliadau...

For the past eight years Dr Steve Votier based at the University of Exeter has been carrying out research on RSPB Grassholm Island off the Pembrokeshire coast. Read more on the blog and watch the amazing gannet cam footage – experience what its like to...

After a lunch that was easily comparable to last year’s scrumptious affair, Daniel Jenkins-Jones from RSPB Cymru gave his update on the state of nature in Wales. There was a mixed bag to report. Chough and Lapwing numbers were up on RSPB reserves, but...

I can't believe it’s been nearly twelve months since I was asked to man the stand at WOS 2012. Here we were again, this time gathered in the wonderful setting of the Bridges Community Centre, Monmouth. The conference was held in conjunction with the Gwent...