Rathlin’s Return: The Calling Corncrake’s Seasonal Home RSPB NI is excited to announce that the distinctive call of the Corncrake has been heard once again on Rathlin Island this week (17th April).

To achieve this in recent years we’ve supported around 300 crofters and farmers in adopting nature-friendly practices through the Corncrake Calling project. This project has expanded ...

Above, the puffin peers out, as if contemplating launching itself from the ledge; the crowd holds its collective breath and ...

The thorny truth of it is that there’s nothing natural about the countryside. Rural Britain is a drained and deforested ...

Across RSPB nature reserves, habitat management methods have restored areas of invaluable heathland. At RSPB Minsmere in Suffolk, Nightjar numbers have increased to 24 churring males – their highest ...

News UK & World News Gardening RSPB need people with Swifts nesting nearby to take action There's been a dramatic fall in numbers but the RSPB says we can all help to defend one of our favourite birds ...

News UK & World News Gardening RSPB urges 'avoid one common food' over 'glued feathers' risk As the Usutu virus spreads, homeowners who feed birds in their gardens are urged to reduce bacteria as ...

That day on the island, I heard a corncrake’s call. It’s a bird of multiple talents: adept at soaring through the air for thousands of kilometres from central and southern Africa to reach here ...

RSPB Saltholme in Teesside opened the play area on Saturday, June 7, with around 500 people attending the launch. The playground was installed by Touchwood Play and funded by Teesside Environmental ...

The charity highlighted that the swift is now on Ireland’s endangered list – the Birds of Conservation Concern Red List – alongside other iconic species such as the curlew, corncrake and kestrel.