• New lease of life for Loch of Strathbeg windpump
    The 230 year-old windpump at our Loch of Strathbeg nature reserve underwent some much needed conservation work last year. Jill Harden, the RSPB’s Archaeologist for Scotland and Northern Ireland tells...
  • New depths on biofuels
    I was looking at the NFU web site the other day to try to discover why the NFU, usually so strident about what Defra should do, is so silent at this time of potentially massive cuts to Defra. I didn't...
  • Is the UK Government on track for meeting its own targets for nature?
    Earlier today, Defra with the support of the Office of National Statistics released two biodiversity indicators reports for 2015 (for the UK here and for England here ). These reports use government-approved...
  • A reaction to the UK Government's decision to stick to its carbon targets for the 2020s
    Three weeks after I shared the latest understanding about the impacts of climate change on birds ( here ), I was delighted to hear today's news that the Government will be sticking to its carbon targets...
  • RSPB joins complaint against UK Government for not setting environmental targets
    (c) Ben Andrew (rspb-images.com) Today’s blog is written by Pip Goodwin, Senior Policy Officer , External Affairs on how we are keeping the UK Government accountable . The RSPB and other environmental...