• New report shows that Montagu’s harrier failed to breed in the UK in 2020
    The Rare Breeding Birds Panel (RBBP) is an independent body established in 1972 to help monitor numbers, trends and distribution in the UK’s rare breeding birds. Every year, the team report back on the...
  • Another successful year for the UK’s breeding Cranes
    New figures show Cranes continue to recover after going extinct in the UK 400 years ago. In today’s blog Andrew Stanbury, RSPB Conservation Scientist, takes us through their comeback and how conservation...
  • Breeding cranes reach record high
    New figures show cranes at a record high number after going extinct in the UK 400 years ago. In today’s blog Andrew Stanbury, RSPB Conservation Scientist, takes us through how the tallest bird in the...
  • The Shetland Breeding Bird Survey: population trends for widespread breeding birds 2002-2019
    Today’s blog is by Conservation Scientist, Rob Hughes, on the first, comprehensive report of breeding birds on the Shetland Islands Shetland’s avifauna is largely known for its globally important seabird...
  • Rare breeding birds and climate change
    Blog by Dr Mark Eaton , Principal Conservation Scientist, RSPB Centre for Conservation Science The beginning of December 2017 has seen the near simultaneous release of two reports on birds in the UK...