Red Squirrel perched on side of tree trunk looking toward camera. Text reads give nature a voice!
Scotland is home to extraordinary wildlife, but it's under threat. The next Scottish Parliament will shape the future of nature recovery.
Golden Eagles, Red Squirrels and Puffins don't have a voice - but you do.
Urge your candidates to stand up for nature today 👉 action.rspb.org.uk/page/188517/...
A Robin perched on a branch, its beak full of food and other material.
To reduce disease, we all need to make some urgent but simple changes to how we feed our garden birds.
See our website for the latest guidance: brnw.ch/21x1t4w
A teal checkered background with the text 'The results have landed... Big Garden Birdwatch 2026 Scotland'. Images show a House Sparrow, a Goldfinch, and a Blackbird.
Image shows the first five results of the Big Garden Birdwatch for Scotland. 10. Goldfinch. Down three places. Change in average count since 2025: -19.7% 9. Great Tit. A non-mover. Change in average count since 2025: +21.7% 8. Robin. A non-mover. Change in average count since 2025: -8.3% 7. Coal Tit. Up five places. Change in average count since 2025: +47.9% 6. Woodpigeon. A non-mover. Change in average count since 2025: -8.6%
Image shows the next five results of the Big Garden Birdwatch for Scotland. 5. Blackbird. Down two places. Change in average count since 2025: -18.2% 4. Chaffinch. A non-mover. Change in average count since 2025: +4.4% 3. Blue Tit. Up two places. Change in average count since 2025: +15.6% 2. Starling. A non-mover. Change in average count since 2025: -9.1% 1. House Sparrow. Perched in the top spot for 15 years. Change in average count since 2025: -8.7%
A checkered teal background with the text: 'Thank you to all 47,233 of you who took part. You counted a whopping 815,842 birds.' An image of a Robin with the text 'See you next year!' is below.
The #BigGardenBirdwatch 2026 results have landed! 🪶
Have House Sparrows remained in the top spot, or has another species swooped in to claim the crown?
A massive thank you to everyone who took part this year. Did you spot anything that didn’t make it into the top 10? Let us know 👇
A hand holding a phone displaying the Where to Watch Birds in Scotland app. Aberlady Bay (one of the sites featured in the app) can be seen in the background. It has a grassy/saltmarsh edge and the bay beyond is filled with water at high tide with a wooden bridge crossing it.
Where to Watch Birds in Scotland launched on this day in 2019
With 1.75 million site views since then, our free app helps beginner & experienced birders alike discover the best places to see birds across Scotland.
If you haven't downloaded it yet, you can do so here www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app
Still waiting, 19 months on, for Natural England's review of Hen Harrier Brood Meddling trial.
New blog ⬇️
#RaptorResearch #BirdlingLinks #Ornithology
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Dartmoor has been deliberately set ablaze tonight. An apocalyptic photo of swaling (moorland burning) that I’ve been sent, of the moor alight at Corndon Down, Spitchwick Common.
All burning is meant to end on Dartmoor today, 31st March - and many birds will already be nesting this early spring. 😢
An Orkney Vole sits nibbling a blade of grass
📢 Some great news from Orkney!
A new report shows Orkney Vole abundance last spring was the highest it's been since efforts to remove invasive non-native stoats began.
This small, elusive vole is found nowhere else and is threatened by the arrival of stoats (in 2010).
📷: Adam Hough
“Every year, we unleash this scourge on the countryside."
Brilliant to see David Attenborough address the enormous impact of pheasants (for shooting) and cats (people's pets) on native wildlife and ecosystems.
These are *crucial* conversations.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Good to see the release of 30 million pheasants highlighted.
Another episode covers pheasants, which “originate from Asia, but every year more than 30m are released into the British countryside” where they eat native insects, reptiles and amphibians.
Blue tile with blue and green chevron banner across the top. The words are a quote from the Director of RSPB Scotland, Anne McCall, saying “We are so disappointed in the Rural Support Plan. Scotland’s farmers and crofters deserve better. They’re being asked to produce food as well as help tackle the nature and climate crisis while the farm payment budget shrinks in real terms. With a static budget, every pound must work harder to deliver positive outcomes. Instead, this plan signals a continuation of the status quo. Some funding will move into measures that directly support nature and climate action, but not until 2030. However welcome this is, it is too little, too late. We support the government’s vision for Scotland to become a world leader in sustainable and regenerative agriculture. But this plan is holding us back. It will fail to help farmers and crofters develop more resilient businesses in the face of climate change and nature loss and fail to support meaningful action to address those issues”.
Such a disappointment!
Today, the Scottish Government published its Rural Support Plan for the next five years. It was supposed to set out future support to help farming become more sustainable. Instead, it’s stuck in the past.
Scotland’s nature, farmers, crofters and communities deserve better! 👇
An RSPB Scotland branded panel with text reading: We welcome today's conviction of a gamekeeper in Perthshire for the illegal killing of a Goshawk, battered to death after it was caught in a crow cage trap. Again, RSPB video evidence was decisive in securing this verdict. Sentencing will follow on 24 April.
Today, RSPB video evidence was once again decisive in securing a conviction for the illegal killing of a bird of prey.
🗣️ ‘People can’t believe how lucky we are to have this as an office’
At our RSPB Abernethy nature reserve some very large diggers are making some very delicate movements to restore peatlands in this incredible landscape.
Watch the full video on YouTube 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8sT...
Campaigners outside SSE's offices in Glasgow holding a banner which reads: "Stop Berwick Bank"
Today we gathered outside SSE's Glasgow office to urge them to stop the Berwick Bank offshore wind farm.
Together we delivered a petition signed by 12,500 people opposing this damaging project.
@seabirdcentre.bsky.social @n-t-s.bsky.social @mcsuk.bsky.social @scotwildlife.bsky.social
Landscape ecological restoration. It can be done but we need to get a move on. This is Carrifran where the sheep were removed to allow this native woodland to take over.
Some of the most worrying impacts of nature loss weren’t disclosed to the public.
This is a must watch and makes clear what’s at stake if we fail to commit to urgent action for nature. 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=59DZ...
Perched upright on a weathered stump, a small brown Wren tilts its head back mid-call against a soft golden backdrop, alert and vocal.
Many MPs claim to care about nature.
Tomorrow afternoon will be the test.
On Tuesday 3rd March there will be a debate in Parliament on red lines for nature.
We’ll be watching to see who shows up. Empty seats will say a lot.
Tell us who you expect to see there tomorrow. 👇
Good to be back at Slimbridge WWT reserve. First time for about 35 years! Cranes, Russian White-fronted Geese and Bewick's Swans 🙂 #Birding
GOOD NEWS for one of the UK’s rarest birds. 😍 🙌
There are new signs of hope for Capercaillie at RSPB Abernethy, thanks to long-term collaboration between the RSPB, landowners, partners and the Scottish Government.
Hooray for Capercaillie!
For all you #birders out there (including me) -
'Birdbrain' benefits: new research shows that seasoned birders had denser tissue in parts of the brain tied to working memory, spatial awareness & object recognition. #BirdBrain
Link for more information: www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Sentencing remarks & statement from Police Scotland after conviction of gamekeeper David Campbell for shotgun murder of ex-colleague Brian Low ⚖️
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/26/s...
Goshawk shot in Derbyshire - police appeal for information.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍
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Climate advisors warn the Scottish government lacks a credible plan to cut farming emissions. Agriculture is a major driver of climate change, and farmers and crofters need real support and funding to shift to sustainable practices.
Read more: www.scotlink.org/scotland-mus...
#climateactionscot
A deceased Puffin lies on its back on the ground. Wording above reads: Please report sightings of all dead birds. A graphic showing an exclamation mark in a triangle features.
⚠️ We've had reports of seabirds washing up. Please report ALL species of dead birds ⬇️
📍 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📍 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📍 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
Seven vultures have been found dead in Bulgaria in an illegal-poisoning incident, dealing a serious blow to efforts to restore populations in the Balkans:
Waterston House with the garden in flower in the foreground on a sunny summer's day © June Scott
Visitor Experience Officer - last chance to apply!
Closing date: Sunday 22 February
Based at the Club’s headquarters in Aberlady, the role is central to delivering a welcoming & informative front-of-house experience for visitors & members
For vacancy details & to apply, visit tinyurl.com/hkyweftu
Golden Eagle found shot in the Scottish Borders - Police Scotland appeals for information.
'Hamlet' is the sixth victim of eagle persecution in south Scotland in recent years.
Details in blog ⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland 🌍
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/09/g...
This week's convictions show yet again how property is protected better than the lives of animals!
Waterston House with the garden in flower in the foreground on a sunny summer's day © June Scott
We're hiring!
We're looking for a Visitor Experience Officer to join our team. Based at Waterston House in Aberlady, this role is central to delivering a welcoming and informative front-of-house experience for visitors, members and researchers.
Find out more and apply at tinyurl.com/hkyweftu
Household rat poisons found to be ‘unacceptable risk’ to native animals. So why aren’t they banned? 🌎
theconversation.com/household-ra...
Is it possible to be beyond anger, and disgust? What comes after these? More anger, more disgust - at the people who thought about killing her, and the people who then did. Poor beautiful Ataksak.
