• What is the West Country?
    If, like me, you’re not from round ‘ere, then maybe it’s cream teas, ice creams on the beach, the wilds of Dartmoor, or rolling green hills. If you are “south westerly” then you probably have a very different...
  • News from the Chalk Country
    Over in the east of our region lies the UK’s largest area of chalk downland , a special habitat that sparkles in summer with the blooms of many miniature flowering grassland plants, whose nectar attracts...
  • Volunteers' Week: The Flow Country
    If you have been inspired to volunteer with us this week, this blog shares a unique opportunity with one of our amazing reserves in the North of Scotland. Volunteer’s Week: The Flow Country It's a...
  • Stepping up for farming in the West Country
    A couple of weeks ago the RSPB launched its new campaign. Called “Stepping up for Nature” it’s premise is simple. Targets to halt biodiversity decline by 2010 were not met, but we will learn from this...
  • A Contested Land: Photography and The Flow Country
    Image from the series The Flows © Sophie Gerrard 2018 all rights reserved. Sophie Gerrard (Scottish, b.1978) is an award-winning photographer specialising in contemporary documentary stories with...