It’s been a hectic few months and April has seen the nightingales return to the UK to breed after having made the long migration from Africa (now is the time to see them – find out how here ). We’ve also almost come to the end of the...

Whatever’s going on in the political world, the business of government continues. Back in February I blogged on the Housing White Paper , ‘ Fixing our broken housing market’ . We broadly welcomed the White Paper, but felt that it was...

I’m delighted to bring you some really good news, Hoddlesden moss has been saved following the decision to withdraw and application to build a windfarm on this sensitive and important moorland site. Tim Melling, our Senior Conservation Officer who...

This week we're focusing on the plight of the curlew - a bird that would be at the top of many lists to be the UK's totemic bird - not just because our coasts and estuaries host internationally important numbers of them in the winter, not only...

A few months after giving evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee, our Head of Nature Policy Jeff Knott highlights the positive conclusions of the cross-Party group's enquiry into Marine Protected Areas. Did you know today is World Penguin...

Here we are, into the final five days of Medway Council's consultation into their Development Options for the next two decades. As Adrian Thomas, our #SaveLodgeHill campaign manager writes, we are tantalisingly close to 12,000 responses. There’s...

Adrian Thomas, our #SaveLodgeHill campaign manager, tells us about National Nightingale Festival events which will give anyone the opportunity to hear nightingales for real. Nightingales are the virtuoso soloist of the bird world. But while most people...

The Saving Special Places blog has regularly featured coastal issues in the UK and elsewhere. Here Dr Nathan Richardson, Senior Policy Officer at the RSPB looks at the scale of the challenge to safeguard coastal habitats and if enough is being done. ...

As we’ve explored in our previous blogs , the nightingale has a rich and varied cultural history with man. In this week’s blog, we will explore the nightingale in creative literature and how tales have been told of this little brown bird....

When we think of Wales.... we think of rain. But here in Gogledd Cymru, rain is exactly what we need to help restore and protect blanket bog and the species that live there. RSPBs Conservation Advisor, Rhian Pierce talks about this amazing habitat and...

Today, we are delighted to have a guest blog written by the local environmental group closest to Lodge Hill, the Friends of the North Kent Marshes. Here we go again, another fight to save protected places from destruction in the heart of our community...

Our #SaveLodgeHill campaign lead, Adrian Thomas, explains why the allocation of Lodge Hill for housing would have ramifications for our best wildlife sites across the country. The nightingale aspect of the #SaveLodgeHill campaign is easy to understand...

As a young child I remember watching a 80s TV series called Faerie Tale Theatre featuring a very young Shelley Duvall. The episode which I still remember vividly to this day was that of the story of the Nightingale – an adaptation of a Hans Christian...

Adrian Thomas, #SaveLodgeHill campaign manager, shares what he has unearthed about Lodge Hill's fascinating history. Last November, I was fortunate to get behind the impregnable fences and guarded gates at Lodge Hill (with permission, you understand...

BREAKING Medway Council has announced today that it is extending its consultation until 18 April. This is because it has yet to produce the key Sustainability Appraisal that should have informed their proposals. We await that missing documentation...

Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird - the nightingale transcribed to spoken word. When dusk light fell and night occurred, and singing song is overheard. Many of the greats have alluded to the beauty of the nightingale and the emotional response...

The Housing White Paper published this week, ‘ Fixing our broken housing market’ , is apparently the first of its kind for more than twenty years, a time when I was working as a town planner in a local authority. Back in 1995, as the then...

Adrian Thomas, #SaveLodgeHill project manager, takes you into the unseen landscape of Lodge Hill We are asking you to help #SaveLodgeHill, but you’re probably wondering, "What does the place look like?" Well, in November, the authorities...

Adrian Thomas, #SaveLodgeHill project manager, reflects on the inspiration that nightingale song has brought to composers and musicians across the ages. Last year, I was fortunate enough to spend time alone with a nightingale in full song. It was dark...

Over the next few weeks of the #SaveLodgeHill campaign, we'll be bringing you a series of blogs about Lodge Hill, about 'Sites of Special Scientific Interest', and why protected sites matter and shouldn't be considered targets for destruction...

I'm delighted to host a blog from Amanda Miller, the Conservation Manager for Northern England setting out why we’ve invested nearly 40 years, helping nature in Bowland. It's a place that we've featured in this blog before here's...

On the Hoo Peninsula in Medway, Kent, sits one of the most important sites in the country for nightingales. A hidden gem tucked away - Lodge Hill near Chattenden. Medway Council wants to allocate it for housing which would help pave the way for one of...

From time to time (too rarely if I'm honest) we've featured local campaigns aimed at saving important sites that are home to nature and vital green venue for the people who live round them, visit them and care for them. here campaigner, Donna...

The RSPB, in partnership with National Geographic Pristine Seas and the Tristan da Cunha Government, is currently undertaking a joint marine research expedition to Tristan da Cunha. This remote UK Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic is home to some...

The RSPB, in partnership with National Geographic Pristine Seas and the Tristan da Cunha Government, is currently undertaking a joint marine research expedition to Tristan da Cunha. This remote UK Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic is home to some...