Most of us are familiar with the house sparrows that visit our gardens, but how much do you know about their close relatives, tree sparrows?

As the weather warms up, you're likely to be heading outdoors more often. There are loads of amazing nature spectacles to enjoy in spring and summer, but how can we make sure we're not causing harm to the wildlife we so love to see? Here are our top tips for getting out and about responsibly.

One-year since mountain hares in Scotland were given protected status we reflect on how we got here and the work that still needs to be done.

From green-fingered jays to traffic-conscious crows, here are some fun facts about every corvid in Scotland.

Katie O’Neill from our Giving Nature a Home Team tells us about National Nestbox week, with a particular focus on swifts!

Joe Boyle from our Giving Nature a Home team tells us what happens at a Meadow Management Workshop, and why urban meadows are so important for wildlife.

A new strain of Avian Influenza has had a terrible impact on geese on the Solway coast. The entire global population of Svalbard barnacle geese overwinters in the area. Counts suggest over a third of that population have dies. RSPB Scotland wants shooting to be suspended there and on Islay to avoid disturbing sick birds. The move would also help stop the movement of birds.

Ahead of her first official Big Garden Birdwatch, Eilidh Summers has been practicing her survey technique and welcoming wildlife into her home. Fortunately for us, she’s written a blog about her experience, which acts as a fantastic ‘How to Big Garden Birdwatch’ guide.

Despite the name, you don't actually need your own garden to take part a Big Garden Birdwatch. In today's blog, Scott Shanks from our Conservation team tells us about how he's making a home for nature in his flat in Glasgow.

Today we launched the findings of the Nature Prescriptions Edinburgh trial. Kirsty Nutt tells us more about the project, and what the findings of the trial tell us.

Stewart Bain is RSPB Scotland's Communications and Events Officer in Orkney. Ahead of this month's Big Garden Birdwatch, he's been reflecting on the joy of watching nature flourish in his own garden, and his birding journey so far.

Country Communications Manager, Kirsty Nutt, tells us why she loves birdwatching at the start of a new year.

Edinburgh Swift City Project Officer Katie wraps up the achievements of the project this year.

To help us all get into the seasonal spirit, we thought we’d rewrite our own version of a certain Christmas classic, inspired by some of our favourite birds. Some verses more or less write themselves, but others may require a little more imagination.

Joe Boyle from our Giving Nature a Home team tells us about the Urban Green Connectors project and plans to improve some of Glasgow's greenspaces for wildlife and people.

A year ago today, Environment Minister Mairi Gougeon MSP stood up on the floor of the Scottish Parliament to announce the Scottish Government’s response to the Werritty Review of grouse moor management.

That review, published in December 2019, had accepted the need for the protection of mountain hares, and for better regulation of both muirburn and medicated grit used to prevent disease in grouse. The review also…

RSPB Scotland’s Stephen Inglis explains how an upgrade to the 200 year-old seawall at our Loch Gruinart nature reserve on Islay will mean Greenland barnacle and white-fronted geese can continue to spend their winters on Islay, even with the threat of increasingly severe storms and sea level rises due to climate change.

Today marks the start of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, in Glasgow. Leaders from around the world are gathering in Scotland’s largest city in an important international moment for people and planet. Here's what we would like to see.

The 16^th Conference of Youth (COY16) kicks off in Glasgow today, ahead of COP26.At COY16, a global youth statement or a youth policy document will be submitted to the COP Presidency and national governments for their consideration as they go into the COP meetings. 

This is the statement written by RSPB’s Youth Council, made up of young people from across the UK. Together, they discuss ideas, help shape the RSPB’s…

With this being the spookiest time of the year, here are five examples of nature which could have stepped straight out of a horror film. Happy Halloween!

The Bog Babes are a group of young volunteers based at RSPB Scotland Forsinard Flows. They are dedicated to protecting and restoring the incredible peatland in the Flow Country. In this blog, they explain why peatlands are so important, and what we can do to help.

Today sees the public launch of our Glasgow to Globe exhibition in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens. Nick Hawkes from our Campaigns team tells us what visitors can expect.

Leading mural artist Chris Rutterford shares with us his creative process and how he went about transforming the concrete steps at Loch Leven into this magnificent artwork.

My name is Chris Rutterford, I am one of Scotland’s top mural artists. For the last ten years I’ve made a career out of transforming walls and rooms for bars, restaurants, museums in a sequence of increasingly large scale and ambitious murals in the…

Earlier this week we welcomed The Famous Grouse to our reserve at Abernethy, to show them some of the important conservation work they help fund.

While they live in many parts of the country all year round, jays become much easier to spot in autumn as they start storing food for the months ahead. In today’s blog, we look at five fantastic facts about these charismatic birds.