Spare a thought for the vulture. Firstly these giant birds’ scavenging habits and ominous features have landed them with a fairly hefty image problem. In cartoons they are regularly portrayed as sinister and malevolent while their name has...

When Lincolnshire Police Wildlife Crime Officer PC Nigel Lound invited the RSPB on a police egg collecting operation back in November 2006, little did anyone realise what it would lead to. The suspect, 41-year-old Richard Pearson, was not on the wildlife...

The other morning I was very pleased to hear the dulcet tones of a Radio 4 Today presenter interviewing Prof Des Thomson from Scottish Natural Heritage. The long-awaited commissioned report regarding the conservation of golden eagles in Scotland had been...

Our Mull Officer, Dave Sexton, got the shock of his life while out on a routine wildlife survey yesterday, Wednesday 31 March. “We rounded a headland on the west coast of the island and saw a large, white shape lying by some rocks in the distance...

In honour of Go Green Week , we've handed the climate blog over to colleagues to share what they are doing in their own lives to make a difference. Here's Wendy Johnson, a media officer based at The Lodge, talking about her love of swapping...