Following Wood Warblers in the UK and Africa

Guest blog by John Mallord, Senior Conservation Scientist at the RSPB It is obvious to everyone who takes a walk in the countryside that summer is here: swallows hawking for insects, the melodious...
Biofuels cause disaster for birds and climate in Africa

We launched a new report on biofuels today. It was based on some work we commissioned to support our campaign to protect the Dakatcha woodlands in Kenya . Dakatcha is a beautiful area of dry tropical...
Meet Francoise - the first Turtle Dove fitted with a GPS tag in its wintering grounds of Africa

Guest blog by Nigel Butcher , Technical Development Officer, RSPB Centre for Conservation Science It was with some anxiety and emotion that I left my family early on the morning of the 14th November...
Climate change in Africa - Video

This is a powerful video presentation that was played at our conference the other week by Moussa Abou Mamouda (from ENDA Senagal & Africa Adapt). Clearly shows how people and nature are already being...
Investigating Hawfinch Declines

This week saw the launch of the RSPB Centre for Conservation Science – and one of the strongest foundations of RSPB Science is research into the causes of bird population declines: the diagnosis, in medical...