Following the launch of the State of Nature report, I have been keen to stimulate a debate about what else we need to do to live in harmony with nature. Over the past few weeks, people from differing perspectives have proposed their One Big Thing for...

Chris Knowles, RSPB Nature Counts Trainee Ecologist, has been out and about at our Baron's Haugh nature reserve near Motherwell... A hidden gem A ‘hidden gem’, an ‘overlooked treasure’, perhaps even a ‘best kept...

I was delighted, this weekend, to hear that my colleague, Simon Marsh, and the chair of our Conservation Committee of trustees, Dr Andy Brown, both received awards in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Simon (our Head of Planning) received his...

Am on my way to one of the wild Scottish islands, Colonsay, to visit our seabird tracking team (more on this tomorrow). It's given me an opportunity to reflect on George Monbiot's ideas for rewildling laid out in his book, Feral. It feels like...

I was lucky enough to be present at the London launch of State of Nature on 22 May. But, this meant I missed the Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh launches. Which meant I missed Iolo Williams' impassioned speech. Please do either watch Iolo in action...