• The Seabird Monitoring Programme is changing
    From this month, the Seabird Monitoring Programme (SMP) will be changing in how it’s being run. The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) has formed a partnership with the BTO and RSPB, to run this...
  • Phenomenal seabird breeding success on Gough Island
    In 2021 a large consortium of conservation organisations led by RSPB and Tristan da Cunha tried to eradicate invasive non-native house mice from the World Heritage Site Gough Island – a rugged volcanic...
  • Finding the seabird banquet: mystery of seabird foraging revealed using GPS tracking
    New research has just been released which maps out the most important areas for Britain and Ireland's seabirds when they go out to sea to feed, with the majority of the 'hotspots' being found off the...
  • Using sniffer dogs to count seabirds
    Surveying for nocturnal, ground nesting seabirds can often be fraught with difficulties. In today’s blog Siân Denney, Science Communications Volunteer, explains a new RSPB paper which has trialled a novel...
  • Light pollution from refuelling ships may affect breeding shearwaters
    A new paper reveals that light pollution from ships disrupts the activity of breeding Yelkouan Shearwaters and may affect their breeding success. In today’s blog, Martin Austad, lead author of the paper...