• Corncrake concern
    One of Scotland’s rarest breeding birds, the corncrake, has suffered a fall in numbers for the second year running in Orkney, mirroring a trend seen in populations across Scotland. There were 12 calling...
  • Corncrake: the people's bird
    Chris Bailey - RSPB Scotland's Advisory Manager - tells us below how corncrakes have fared in 2019, and why it is so important that we continue to work on conserving them. In the first half of the twentieth...
  • Curlew: A species on the brink
    A blog by Katie Gibb, RSPB's Conservation Officer for Antrim Plateau The curlew is undoubtedly one of the most recognisable UK bird species; it is entrenched and entangled in our stories, its haunting...
  • Calling all farmers - Get involved at the Oxford Real Farming Conference
    Do you have a brilliant idea for the future direction of your farm business or even a farming sector that you would like to discuss with a panel of experts? At the forthcoming Oxford Real Farming Conference...
  • NI farmers answer SOS call
    RSPB press release Farmers in east County Down and around Lough Foyle have rallied to support RSPB NI’s new Save our Seedeaters (SoS) initiative. Winter is a harsh time for wildlife. As the days...