If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Join us on Saturday January 30 from 1-2pm to share your bird-spotting experiences and follow our top birdersRead Mark Avery’s blog on why the event is so importantLearn how to identify birds by their songAre you taking part in the [...]
Listen to our garden birds audio interactive to learn to identify species by their songPaddy Allen
Epic saga posted on YouTube pitches man v shark, shark v shark, crocodile v shark and eventually man v crocodileFurther evidence of the cold-blooded cunning of the crocodilian mind – and the rugged insouciance of the Australian male – has arrived courtesy of a YouTube clip showing a rather unusual fishing trip.The video, posted last [...]
The BirdGuides specialist website announced the winners of its closely contested photo of the year competition
From stranded deer on a frozen lake to nesting ospreys: the pick of this week’s best images from the natural world
Privately run tiger farms are inhumane and fuel demand for the endangered big cat’s bones and skin, World Bank warns 13-nation tiger summitChina and other Asian nations should shut privately run tiger farms as they are inhumane and fuel demand for the endangered big cat’s bones and skin, the World Bank said today.The call came [...]
The British Indian Ocean territory of the Chagos islands is the UK’s greatest area of marine biodiversity, home to at least 220 coral species and more than 1,000 species of fish
Protecting the Chagos archipelago is a rare opportunity for the UK to create a conservation area as important as the Galapagos islands or Great Barrier ReefIn 1995 the British government published a new biodiversity strategy that was, in many ways, a world-leading document. It set out how the UK would implement the Convention on Biological [...]
This week the 10,000th person joined a campaign to create the Earth’s biggest marine protected area in the Chagos archipelagoA coalition of conservationists is calling on the British public to urge Gordon Brown to create “Britain’s Great Barrier Reef” by designating its territory in the Indian Ocean as the biggest protected marine area on Earth.The [...]
By taking part, you will be contributing valuable data that over the years has raised awareness of some shocking declines in garden bird numbersAdd your snaps to our Big Garden Birdwatch flickr groupThis weekend is the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch. We’re we’re asking you to count the birds that you see in your garden for [...]