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Boost for one of the UK’s rarest birds at key site The RSPB has revealed a promising increase in the number of Capercaillie at RSPB Abernethy in Scotland with 30 lekking males recorded in 2025, a 50% increase since 2020.  The Capercaillie was once more widely spread across the UK but is now confined to native pinewood forests of Scotland where their total population is estimated at 532 birds.  The…

Rare Pennine wading bird given boost as RSPB survey reveals Dunlin breeding success First-ever large-scale survey reveals rare Dunlin still breeding across the North Pennines, offering new hope for a declining species. RSPB-led project uses technology – including drones, cameras and acoustic recorders – to uncover hidden upland bird populations. Partnership conservation delivers results, with Dunlin chicks…

Well, this will be interesting – Ben Goldsmith will be advising Reform on its  nature policies according to the Guardian – click here. Ben is a true, but quirky, friend of nature and Reform’s environmental policies were laughable at the last general election – click here. Clearly, if Reform were to challenge for power at…

As the climate warms, hundreds of wild flowers bloom in midwinter Thousands of citizen scientists took part in the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland’s fifteenth New Year Plant Hunt to find wild or naturalised plants flowering in midwinter. Their observations are providing us with robust evidence of how our wild plants are responding to a…

RSPB’s reaction to Government Watchdog’s report on environmental improvement progress The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has shown that progress remains far too slow on environmental improvement. This puts economic growth, net zero, and public health at risk. Beccy Speight, RSPB chief executive, said: “Nature in England is still in freefall, and the UK Government…