• 2000 miles of seabirds – day three at Coquet Island
    RSPB’s senior policy officer Gareth Cunningham is back with another tale of his seabird journey. In this blog post, Gareth braves the elements to see eider ducks. After an exciting day in St Bees Head...
  • 2000 miles of seabirds – day two at St Bees Head
    RSPB’s senior policy officer Gareth Cunningham is back with another tale of his seabird journey. In this blog post, Gareth visits the beautiful St Bees Head in Cumbria. Back in May I travelled across...
  • New protected seabird site formally classified
    Blog post by Isobel Mercer, RSPB Senior Policy Officer Last week, rather quietly and with no formal announcement, the Flamborough and Filey Coast Special Protection Area (SPA) was officially classified...
  • Stranded seabirds found from Sussex to Cornwall
    The above map shows the approximate locations of birds found affected by the sticky mineral oil, with the hotspot at Portland/Ferrybridge/east end of Chesil highlighted by the red star. Only locations...
  • South coast seabirds – latest update on casualties
    Today the RSPCA at West Hatch reported that they have now received a total of 301 live casualties: 280 guillemots 21 razorbills Of these, 39 could not be saved, the remainder are still...