• Using moths and birds to investigate the impacts of forest restoration on biodiversity
    The Cairngorms Connect partnership is a bold and ambitious 200-year vision to enhance habitats, species and ecological processes across a vast area within the Cairngorms National Park. Christina Hunt...
  • Planting a new bridge for twinflower in the Cairngorms
    Today’s blog is by RSPB Ellie Dimambro-Denson, Monitoring Officer and Pip Gullett, Conservation Scientist – both working with the Cairngorms Connect project. Twinflower ( Linnaea borealis ) is a small...
  • Effectively integrating experiments into conservation practice
    How can evidence be generated from conservation practice? In their latest review , Nancy Ockendon and colleagues seek to raise awareness of opportunities to embed experiments in conservation and restoration...
  • Fieldwork season is back!
    Every year, spring at the RSPB Centre for Conservation Science sees many of our scientists busy in the field collecting vital data. Unfortunately, as with many things, COVID meant last year’s field season...
  • A day bringing the UK's rarest bumblebee back to Kent
    Guest blog post from Jane Sears, biodiversity projects manager in the RSPB's Reserves Ecology team There was a real buzz around Dungeness Visitors’ Centre as we arrived last Monday. Birders hoping...