• Good news for a Friday: there is some!
    Here is some good news that you may missed... ...an assessment compiled by the Web of Science has shown that three NGOs (BirdLife International, BTO and the RSPB) are in the top 6 of UK institutions...
  • Good news for a Friday: cooperation across the flyway for turtle doves
    Yesterday, a much-needed action plan was launched to save our most rapidly declining migratory bird: the turtle dove. The RSPB has worked for three years to get wide support for this plan and I am delighted...
  • A bumper issue of news for a Friday (some of which is good)
    In (definitely) my last blog of the year and indeed the decade, I am delighted to be able to report some more news (mainly good) to add to my review of the year published earlier in the week… …first...
  • A round up of some good news for a Friday
    I want to end the week with some good news: for mountain hares, for farm standards, for waterbirds and for albatrosses. First, it was fantastic to hear that after more than 10 years of advocacy, this...
  • A round up of some good news for a Friday
    I returned to work this week after an excellent holiday in our family’s hut on the Northumberland coast. We were lucky with the weather and although we didn’t quite get the heatwave, we spent most of...