• 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...
  • 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...
  • Swifts
    S wifts are remarkable. They are possibly the most aerial creatures in the world, and you could safely describe their habitat as the air up to a staggering ten thousand feet or so above ground...
  • 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 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...