• Celebrating 50 years of the Rare Breeding Bird Panel
    The Rare Breeding Bird Panel (RBBP) turns 50 this year. In today’s blog Andrew Stanbury, Conservation Scientist, is taking this opportunity to celebrate this milestone anniversary by highlighting the...
  • Montagu’s harriers - 2017 breeding update
    During the 2017 breeding season five Montagu’s harrier pairs were located; four were successful and produced a total of 12 fledged youngsters. The fifth pair nested (SW England) but failed after the un...
  • Montagu’s harriers - 2017 breeding update
    Back in May, we shared the news that two rare Montagu’s harriers had arrived in Norfolk from West Africa . These birds are one of just five pairs of Montagu’s harriers which return to the UK to breed...
  • Guest blog: Satellite tracking and mortality in Montagu's harriers
    Raymond Klaassen is one of the lead researchers at the Dutch Montagu's Harrier Foundation . Here he tells us about his work using satellite tracking to study the migration and mortality of Montagu...
  • Tracking Montagu's harriers journey from East Anglia to Africa once again
    Monitoring Montagu's harriers Written by Emma Tovell Following in the footsteps of the satellite tracking of three Montagu’s harriers Mo, Madge and Mark in 2014, the project to monitor the movements...