• Rewetting the Blean: an important milestone
    It's hard to believe that we are now halfway through our Woodland Rewetting project. When we started planning back in April there were so many unknown factors - and now here we are, over 75 dams in the...
  • Soggier soils: what we've done so far
    Bradley Andrews (Community Engagement and Conservation Intern) writes: Improving the forests hydrology to combat the effects of climate change is great idea. But, how do we know if making dams along...
  • Build it and they will come: Large-scale habitat works underway at Seasalter to boost nature’s recovery
    September 2021 Imagine looking out of your window in the morning, cup of tea in hand, to see a young redshank, paddling in the low water. It’s scampering back and forth whilst probing repeatedly beneath...
  • From forest to bog, what happens to the carbon?
    Today’s guest blog has been written by Dr Paul Gaffney, former PhD student and hydrochemist at the Environmental Research Institute, on his work with RSPB centre for conservation science at Forsinard...
  • Giving stilts a leg up in the UK
    A graceful bird with long, bubble-gum pink legs is beginning to colonise the UK thanks to a joint effort by conservationists. 2017 is proving a bumper year for black-winged stilts with six pairs...