• New evidence of climate impacts on American birds
    A new report by the RSPB's sister organisation in the USA, the Audubon Society, with collaborators including the US Fish and Wildlife Service, details the profound impacts of climate change on US bird...
  • Restoring nature and helping the climate
    In the run up to the Scottish Elections in May we will be talking to you about the transformative changes that politicians in Scotland must make to recover Scotland’s amazing nature and how you can help...
  • Anecdote is not evidence
    Politicians like anecdotes to make a point. Sometimes, these stories get the politician into a bit of a pickle. Remember “ Jennifer’s Ear ”? Or more recently “ Theresa May’s cat ”? I have no problem...
  • Defra publishes report into H7N7 outbreak in Oxfordshire
    Defra has today published its epidemiology report into the case of H7N7 avian influenza in chickens on premises near Banbury, in Oxfordshire. The source of infection has not been identified, with two...
  • Defra publish report into H5N1 outbreak at Abbotsbury
    Defra has today published its preliminary epidemiology report into the case of H5N1 avian influenza in mute swans at the Abbotsbury Swannery, Dorset. Though the source of infection has not been identified...