I’m delight to host a guest blog from Rose O’Neill, Water Policy Manager at WWF – the subject is one close to my heart, those quintessentially English chalk streams like the Great Stour in Kent where I grew up on where I saw my first...

‘Fracking’ has been headline news locally and nationally for months – and throughout the debate we’ve been very clear that we don’t think the regulation around this developing industry was adequate to protect our finest wildlife...

Stephanie Ward, the RSPB's Partner Development Officer for Central Asia brings you some great news from Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan? Where is that ? Did you just make that up? No! Turkmenistan was an important part of the ancient silk route,...

In February this year the RSPB raised serious concerns about a proposed development of 57 homes at Radford Quarry in Plymouth. The quarry is a County Wildlife Site, important because of it’s calcareous grassland. It is also important for another...

Chris has been out and about again, read on to hear more of his adventures..... Its old news now that winter has arrived at the Firth of Forth, but just as the season fully turned, I decided to bring in the camera-trap (see my last blog) for a look...

Continuing on from yesterday’s blog , I’m reviewing the 2014 highlights of working in Sherwood Forest with our many partners. A re-submission of the project ‘From Miner to Major: the real Sherwood Forest’ to the Heritage Lottery...

It’s been a busy and successful year in Sherwood Forest and now is a good time to reflect on the highlights. Our Futurescape work is funded by the EU-LIFE Nature Programme and has involved working with many partners to deliver a shared vision for...

From the Parrinder hide at Titchwell you don’t just see a vast array of wetland birds: you’re also looking at an incredible coastal protection project. Freshwater marshes are now in short supply in the UK, so it’s vital that we look...

Wildlife moves: some species migrate, many more move significant distances to find food, mates or homes. It doesn’t matter to a bird or butterfly whether it finds itself in France, Spain or the UK – but it does matter that they can find what...

The Inner Forth Futurescape is centred right on the Firth of Forth Special Protection Area which is a truly fantastic place to see all sorts of birds. It is designated for its assemblages of wintering wildfowl and waders and naturally much of our work...

Guest blog by Janez Potocnik, European Commissioner for the Environment from 2009 to 2014 In my five years as European Commissioner for the Environment one of the key things I have learned is that Europe’s citizens care about their natural environment...

No, sadly we didn’t win bags of money on the horses! However, we did clear a monumental mountain of rubbish from the estuary at Bogside’s old racecourse near Irvine last weekend with the help of sixteen fantastic local volunteers.

 

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As October arrives, plumes of smoke will start to rise above the moors of northern England. It is heather burning time. The manicured patchwork of burned squares looks bonny in August as the heather blooms and draws the eye (my son commented on the...

I Love this time of year!! The leaves are starting to turn creating an amazing array of colours as I drive in to work and the birds! So many birds! It is so fantastic that just as the summer is over and the swallows are beginning to make their way south...

I’ve spent the afternoon watching the broadcast of the European Parliament’s hearing where MEPs questioned Commissioner designate Karmenu Vella – and tweeting occasionally. Here's the back story to these hearings. Mr Vella mellifluous...

The nomination of Maltese politician, Karmenu Vella, for the important post of Environment Commission has caused significant concern. Two articles over the weekend give the context; Geoffrey Lean in the Daily Telegraph and Robin Mckie in the Observer...

Here’s a guest blog from Sue Royal – the RSPB’s Communications Officer in our Brighton Office, with a final plea to add your voice to ask for the proposal to build 5000 houses at Lodge Hill to be called in. Here is a graphic showing...

Housing has been much in the news over the last year or so. We are strongly objecting to a planning application of 5,000 homes at Lodge Hill in Kent. It’s not that we object to homes per se – as I pointed out in this blog here , people...

I’ve asked the question and if you’re reading this blog, and have opened this post the answer is probably yes. It matters to many people, not just here but across the European Union – here’s a recent survey of 22,000 people...

A short post, joining some dots.

Nature is amazing ... and people love it, value it and care about it. In a recent survey of 28,000 citizens of the EU 95% said that protecting the environment is important to the personally and many think more can be...

Chris has been out and about doing exciting things, while I have been sitting in front of a computer............. we thought you would prefer a blog from him.

It has been a great few weeks here at the heart of the inner forth, and I’ve managed to get...

So the days of summer are coming to a close and the evenings are just beginning to draw in. Winter is coming..... . sorry, I've just got started on Game of Thrones, only got through season two so no spoilers please!!..... Anyway, for many the end...

Our Saving Special Places blog is nearly five years old and we’ve covered many stories from across the UK and around the world – two stories have popped up throughout that time (nature conservation is, after all, a long game). Our campaigns...

The incredible story of the River Trent is soon to come to life on the stage, thanks to a partnership between RSPB’s newest wetland nature reserve Beckingham Marshes, local youth group PACS, and amateur dramatics society Kismet.

 

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Finding ways to make conservation work pay is important if we are to maintain habitats for their priority species. In this guest blog, Jim Lennon, Conservation Adviser, explains how partners have come together to find a solution to one particular issue...