The RSPB sets out vision for how farming can help save nature In a brand-new report, published at this week’s Oxford Farming Conference, the RSPB sets out how farming can help reverse wildlife declines. The RSPB calls on governments to make three key steps to support farmers in making this transition, as well as detailing how…
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Guest blog – Let’s Ban Bio-beads by Chris Corrigan
Chris Corrigan is CEO of the Sussex Wildlife Trust and has worked in nature conservation for almost 40 years. He spent most of his career with the RSPB, most recently as Director England, but has also worked for BirdWatch Ireland and Butterfly Conservation and is a trustee of the South Georgia Heritage Trust. He is…
Twelfth Night wildlife round up
Opinions differ as to how and when one ‘should’ take down Christmas decorations, just as they do about how and when one should take down Venezuelan presidents. But on the former I stick to the Twelfth Night rule which gives me an opportunity to have a look at all the Christmas cards that have arrived….
Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 19 by Nick MacKinnon
Nick MacKinnon is a freelance teacher of Maths, English and Medieval History, and lives above Haworth, in the last inhabited house before Top Withens = Wuthering Heights. In 1992 he founded the successful Campaign to Save Radio 4 Long Wave while in plaster following a rock-climbing accident on Skye. His poem ‘The metric system’ won…
Rewilding Britain press release – Nish Kumar backs rewilding
Nish Kumar backs rewilding as calls for 30% nature restoration grow Comedian and writer speaks out as Rewilding Britain celebrates decade of “wild hope” and calls for upscaled investment and political support for rewilding Comedian, writer, and activist Nish Kumar has added his voice to calls for major rewilding of Britain’s land and seas. The…
Winning images celebrate British and Irish wild plants
The winners have been announced in the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland’s 2025 Photographic Competition. Botanists were encouraged to submit images in this year’s three categories: intrepid, inquisitive and inclusive – these are the Society’s core values and best describe our members. The winning entries in each category were: Intrepid: finding plants in wild…
RSPB press release – Peat with a Dram
Major whisky makers join forces for first-of-its-kind peatland revival at RSPB reserve A landmark conservation partnership has been announced, with RSPB Scotland and major whisky distillers Suntory Global Spirits, Diageo and The Glenmorangie Company uniting to restore peatland on Islay; one of Scotland’s most iconic landscapes. The project at The Oa nature reserve is set…
RSPB press release – ‘Skylark Lane’ and ‘Swift Avenue’
‘Skylark Lane’ and ‘Swift Avenue’ – UK wildlife in freefall while nature-related road names increase New insights from the RSPB, based on OS Open Names data, show that while the devastating decline of UK wildlife continues, the prevalence of nature-related road names in Great Britain is rising rapidly. The last 20 years has seen increases…
Growth
This is an image of Raunds; the rural town where I have lived for half my life. In passing, you can see Stanwick Lakes, my local birdwatching patch, to the west of the A45, at the left hand side of the image. And the B663 is the road by which I left home to head…
Trees for Life launch Missing Species project
Rewilding charity to launch Missing Species Programme for Scottish Highlands Returning four ‘architects of the wild’ – lynx, beavers, red squirrels and modern-day aurochs – will benefit landscapes, climate and communities, says Trees for Life Trees for Life is to launch a pioneering Missing Species Programme to bring back four of Scotland’s lost keystone animals…