• Defra publish long-awaited indicator for UK upland birds
    Today, Defra have published a l ong-awaited indicator for the UK's upland birds, some of which are of international importance. Today’s guest blog by Pat Thompson, Senior Policy Officer (Uplands) explains...
  • Whinchats and breeding habitat availability in the uplands
    A scientific paper, just published in the Journal of Ornithology, written by scientists from the RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, suggests that the whinchat population in the UK uplands is not currently...
  • South West uplands at a crossroads ... again
    The RSPB's South West Regional Policy Officer Mark Robins considers the future of the south west's great uplands... What brilliant places our south west uplands are - providing masses of wildlife,...
  • Vegetation burning in the UK uplands – the danger of importing science from other biomes
    A recent paper published in Nature Geoscience concludes that fire could be an important tool for increasing carbon storage in soils. This paper has been seized on by a UK grouse shooting industry seeking...
  • European birds of prey populations suppressed by lead poisoning
    Poisoning caused by preying on or scavenging animals shot by hunters using lead ammunition has left the populations of many raptors – or birds of prey – far smaller than they should be, according to the...