RSPB England

Emma Marsh shares her thoughts on the first day in her new job as Director, RSPB England…

Over the past nine months we have been making changes at the RSPB to ensure we are in the best place to save nature. We are always looking at how we can do things better. The work we do, and the external context is constantly changing, and so are the skills and resources needed to respond. 

One of the clear needs we identified…

RSPB’s Morwenna Alldis encourages us to celebrate National Nestbox Week by giving your local birds a home this Spring. It’s National Nestbox Week from 14-21 February, led by the British Trust of Ornithology (BTO). So this month is the per...

For this was on seynt Volantynys day
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make

(For this was on St. Valentine's Day,
when every bird cometh there to choose his mate)

- Chaucer, Parlement of Foules

In the spirit of Valentines Day, traditionally the first day of bird song and the bird nesting season, RSPB South West are letting nature sing by giving away a free blackbird song audio track. You can download it…

RSPB's Morwenna Alldis, offers some top tips on how to give your garden birds a home this Christmas... Photo 1: Robin in snow by Ben Andrew (rspb-images.com) Food - As temperatures start to drop our garden birds need a helping hand fin...

Damon Bridge, RSPB Somerset Project Manager, reveals some promising stats on how Somerset's cranes are faring after the Great Crane Project reintroduction... How are Somerset's Cranes doing? Well…we will know soon! The crane volunteers...

Katharine Lowrie, RSPB Exe-Teign Facilitation Fund Project Officer, and a group 13 Devon farmers, foresters and land managers, visit the inspiring Knepp Wildland in West Sussex to discover how their rewilding project is giving turtle doves (and lots of...

RSPB’s Morwenna Alldis reveals how even a mini garden pond can give nature a much needed home and count towards your family's Wild Challenge Award. Water is a vital source of life, covering around 71% of the planet. But you don’t...

Guest blog by Pip Goodwin, RSPB Parlimentary Officer... Three South West MP species champions, Kerry McCarthy, Derek Thomas and Peter Heaton-Jones, were presented with prizes by Mike Dilger, the wildlife reporter from The One Show, at the annual awards...

Tara Watson, RSPB Residential Volunteer, gives us the low-down on her experience so far... So far, volunteering on the Little Tern Project has been a really fulfilling experience. We’re enjoying learning about the fascinating behaviours...

Granville Pictor, RSPB Salisbury Peregrine Volunteer, gives us the low-down on the dramatic Salisbury Cathedral peregrine's battle for the skies - as featured on BBC Springwatch. Regular readers of our 2017 blog, and indeed viewers of last year's...

Now is the time of year when many people are getting busy repairing or improving their homes, with scaffolding or ladders becoming a common sight as windows, gutters and roofs get fixed or replaced. However, it’s also the time when birds are nesting...

In celebration of Mental Health Awareness Week (14-20 May), Rod Ferbrache - RSPB Guernsey Local Group member, gives a beautifully honest account of living with depression and how a connection to his local nature helped. I am blessed to be living...

One group who have a great interest in our new reserve are the RSPB Local Groups. Across the country these groups set up and run activities, talks and events for people with an interest in conservation and birds, representing the RSPB and supporting our...

Morwenna Alldis from the RSPB, talks about the do’s and don’ts of this year’s nesting season. At this time of year we get hundreds of calls from well-meaning members of the public about the seemingly helpless baby birds they’ve...

RSPB's Fiona Freshney, Dartmoor Moorland Bird Advisor, talks about the plight of our UK cuckoos and a new project on Dartmoor that is trying to help them. Despite unseasonably cool weather, those long distance migrants, the nest parasitizing cuckoo...

Nick Tomalin, Site Manager of our new New Forest Reserve, RSPB Franchises Lodge - chats about his plans to discover what wildlife calls the reserve home and the species he's confirmed so far! There are plenty of people surveying birds in the New...

Nick Tomalin, Site Manager of our new New Forest reserve RSPB Franchises Lodge, has been keeping a diary of his work on the site - and now that the land has fully been transferred to the RSPB, we can finally share his journey. Here are his first two installments...

Nick Tomalin, Site Manager of RSPB Franchises Lodge, reveals how his love for birds started at an early age (causing some embarrassment during his teenage years!), and his excitement to manage our first reserve in the New Forest for wildlife and for people...

Guest Blog by Julie Melin-Stubbs, Wildlife and Conservation Manager at the New Forest National Park Authority Hi, I’m Julie Melin-Stubbs, Wildlife and Conservation Manager at the New Forest National Park Authority and Manager of the New Forest...

RSPB's Catriona Corfield, People Strategy Project Manager, tells us how women role models inspired her to pursue a career in conservation... The role models who got me into conservation were predominantly women - my mum, my great aunt (blind since...

Seabirds South West is a snapshot of work in the south west region to help seabirds in 2017.  

Download the newsletter below and read about: 

• the conclusion of the active phase of the Isles of Scilly Seabird Recovery Project, how targeted conservation action to remove non-native brown rats has enabled the wonderful recovery of breeding Manx shearwater and storm petrel, and the enthusiastic support and participation…

A guest blog from RSPB South West Regional Director, Nick Bruce-White, who takes a moment to look back at and celebrate the achievements we have all made for the South West's nature in 2017. And he's even more hopeful for 2018... Barely a day...

RSPB's Roberta reveals how robins became synonymous with UK Christmases and that they may not be as cute as they first appear! Illustrations of robins can be found on Christmas cards, wrapping paper, Christmas tree ornaments and cake decorations...

On West Sedgemoor we have one of the few growing populations of breeding curlew on lowland wet grassland in the UK. In 2017, RSPB Somerset started looking more closely into why this is in order to inform our land management for curlew and to maybe get...

RSPB's Morwenna Alldis and the RSPCA, ask the public to check their bonfire heaps for hedgehogs before lighting them this year. Morwenna also offers some top tips on how the public can help give hedgehogs a home in their gardens. Since moving to...