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I’m Katie, and I am on work experience for a week with the RSPB. I have chosen to do work experience here because it was a different opportunity, an unusual job and I get to learn about the different jobs that are involved in the charity. On my first day of work experience we visited Lake Vyrnwy...

Its an easy thing to be patriotic, I’m an Englishman, hatched and reared among the chalk horses of the Wiltshire countryside, and that for me is, as they say, where the heart is. Now living in North Wales, the same fondness the locals have for their homeland is evident, and understandably so...

Last year’s annual survey of displaying black grouse in Wales recorded the largest number of male birds since the survey began in 1997! The 328 displaying males recorded in 2011 means the Welsh Black Grouse Recovery Project has surpassed the 2015 Biodiversity Action Plan target of 270 lekking males...

Hello. Let me introduce myself. I am you. Yes you reading this! I am that enthusiastic bird and nature lover that you are. Never more happy than when I am walking around a nature reserve with a pair of binoculars around my neck, and a bit of warming sunshine on my back, and always hoping this...

Just to catch you all up on what’s been happening at Newport Wetlands if you haven’t yet had a chance to read Hana’s blog . The past two months have been filled with sightings of all our regular birds, including long tailed tits , redwing , reed bunting and wigeon . We’ve had...

Here RSPB Cymru Director Katie-jo Luxton shares her thoughts about the Welsh Government’s new Natural Environment Framework Green paper. Two weeks ago I attended the launch of the Welsh Government’s new Green Paper – Sustaining a Living Wales, which sets out the government’s...

Join RSPB Cymru for an intimate Date with Nature Not a far cry from some of the more interesting sights seen in Wales’ pubs and bars on a Saturday night, the peculiar mating dance of the Black Grouse is something not to be missed. The head dip, rear up and flailing feather could very well...

As a member of the Advisory team here in Wales, an important part of my job is to work with farmers to promote farm management that creates and maintains habitats to benefit birds and other wildlife. Since the 1970’s, a variety of different factors have seen the 19 farmland bird indicator species...

Newport Wetlands launches first sponsored walk If multiple marathons or cycling the length of the UK aren’t your thing, there’s a new, easier way, to support those in your community – take a gentle stroll around one of south Wales’ best wildlife wonders. This year...

As well as busy year for RSPB Cymru, 2011 sees some exciting political events in Wales - namely a referendum (or possibly 2!) and the upcoming Welsh General Elections. To make it easier for you to decide which party deserves your vote on May 5 th I’ve been asking the four main party Environment...

RSPB Cymru staff, volunteers, and friends from all over south Wales joined together in Cardiff to kick off the Centenary celebrations last week. The event coincided with ‘Diwrnod Santes Dwynwen’ – the Welsh Valentine’s day - on the 25 th January to mark RSPB Cymru’s love...

It’s been a successful year for RSPB Cymru, over 300,000 people have visited our reserves, 9,000 children have enjoyed education experiences at our field teaching sites, numbers of lekking black grouse males have increased to 230 - the largest number of male birds since 2002, the Welsh red kite...