Image of Emma Marsh, a white woman in her 40s with shoulder length blonde hair, wearing chunky black framed glasses, a patterned scarf and a big smile. Text reads: Squarepeg podcast Episode 146 The rhythm of nature is my natural rhythm: autism, conservation and being a ‘tenacious comet’

Season 11 of the Squarepeg podcast is here! My first guest is Emma Marsh Executive Director of Digital Technology, Campaigns & Communications at the RSBB. We talk about her lifelong passion for nature, her late autism diagnosis, misophonia & conservation.
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15 plants to feed birds naturally Grow food to reduce spread of bird diseases and provide a range of long-lived habitat

15 plants to feed birds naturally and other guidance www.wildway.info/p/15-plants-... an emergency post to help everyone with the new @rspb.bsky.social advice to not feed birds in summer

Thank you so much for this post. Soon important (and a brilliant post)

🌱 #UKGardening

Wildlife pond in summer

Umbellifer - cow parsley

Teasels and grasses in late summer

I've tried to make my garden full of homes & food for wildlife. A pond surrounded by guelder rose & dogwood. Loads of umbellifers. Teasels for finches. Bird feed boost in the winter hungry gap. More like your favourite community cafe for birds than a fast food hub. #FeedSafelyFeedSeasonally

The message is simple: Feed seasonally, feed safely.

Simple adjustments to when we feed, what we feed and how we feed to help ensure we are keeping our garden birds safe .

I've changed how I feed my garden birds. Will you?

🌱 #UKGardening

New British and Irish bird atlas announced for 2027 A new bird atlas for Britain and Ireland has been announced by five conservation organisations. The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), BirdWatch Ireland, the RSPB, Scottish Ornithologists' Club (SOC) and Welsh Ornithological Society (WOS) have come together to begin work on Bird Atlas 2027-31.

A new bird atlas for Britain and Ireland has been announced by five conservation organisations:

Queen BUMBLEBEES - HELP THEM OUT!
A vital thread concerning bumblebee queens at this time of year!
Please #repost.
Likes are nice but #shares impact!
EVERY QUEEN BUMBLEBEE THAT SURVIVES GETS TO ESTABLISH A NEST which otherwise would not happen.
Let me explain.
1/11
#bees #love
#nature #bumblebees

Cherry blossom about to burst forth 🌱

Rue-leaved Saxifrage, Saxifraga tridactylites, my favourite pavement plant #wildflowerhour

Pea, onion, lettuce, cabbage and cauliflower seedlings in the polytunnel

Tomatoes, leeks,and ornamental plants in the unheated greenhouse

Tomatoes, celery, flower, chilli and pepper seedlings in the heated greenhouse

Love this time of year. Sowed sweetcorn, lettuce, sugar snap, peas, cucumbers today. Potted up chilli's and peppers. Moved everything around in the polytunnel and greenhouses. Love gardening. 🌱 #UKGardening #Gardening

Sea bird arrival at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire In spring it’s possible to catch the migration of thousands of wildlife photographers arriving at RSPB Bempton Cliffs. Lumbered with approximately 90%* of all long lens cameras in the UK (*just a gues...

Wildlife diary: www.wildway.info/p/sea-bird-a... Sea bird arrival at @rspb.bsky.social Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire

Beautiful Honesty self sown on mass...stunning 🌱 #UkGardening #Gardening #Spring

#SpringArrivalSpotlights are back, and we’re kicking off with Chiffchaffs!

Flitting back from Southern Europe & North Africa through March-April, their sweet 'chiff-chaff' song is the sound of spring.

Listen for them in parks and hedgerows.

Have you heard one calling near you?

Title slide reading “Book covers but we added birds.” Smaller text notes "created by RSPB staff". A Gull wearing red reading glasses peers over an open book. The book is a bird-themed parody titled The Gull Who Played With Fire, with playful review quotes like “Brilliant”, “Talon-biting stuff”, and “A must-read”.

It’s #WorldBookDay!

Admittedly, not a particularly bird-related day.

Don’t worry. We’ve fixed that by asking RSPB staff to redesign their favourite book covers… with birds. 📚

Pond in March with plants starting to grow and corpus sprouting in the foreground

The pond is slowly starting to come to life. Saw my first newt of the year! 🌱

Feltham first pea shoots in the greenhouse

Tomatoes plant seedlings in trays

Lettuce seedlings in trays

The start of the new veg growing year is now truly underway. Tomatoes, pea and lettuce seedlings coming up nicely in the new greenhouse 🌱 #UKGardening #Gardening

Whoop whoop! Spring is here...

White flower with yellow stamen

Wood Anemone, Anemone nemerosa, in the village woods last Spring.

A field margin at RSPB Hope Farm.

New research shows personal values are a key driver in the adoption of Nature Friendly Farming (NFF) practices

Blockers to adoption of NFF included lack of local supply chain networks and perceived economic losses

Read on for a summary 🧪

Full paper here: doi.org/10.1007/s104...

📷Ben Andrew

Stand up for our wild places! The Prime Minister is backing proposals to weaken protections for our most important wild places by expanding the Fingleton Review’s recommendations. Help stop the rollback before it starts.

I've taken action for our wild places!

The Prime Minister is considering weakening environmental protections at a time when nature is already in serious crisis. Speak up today.
action.rspb.org.uk/page/186397/...

We're trialling something new this year at the BSBI - an activity designed to support absolute beginner botanists with identifying *and* recording their first ever 100 plants in 2026 🌿

If you know anyone that might like to take part then please spread the word:

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Coral background with faint heart illustrations. A glossy male Blackbird with a bright yellow bill faces left. Large title reads: “Birds as bad exes*” Smaller text reads: “*Yes, you read that right.”

Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox

The first daffodils!!!!! Stupidly happy to see them see 🌱

A Robin perches on a thin branch, its bright orange breast puffed out. Its head is tilted to the side, giving an unblinking, questioning stare, its small, sharp beak is pointed in your direction as if about to demand an explanation. The judgement is palpable. This bird knows you haven’t submitted your results yet, and it is not impressed.

This Robin wants to know why you haven't submitted your #BigGardenBirdwatch results yet?

Better hop to it! He's watching... 👀

www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈

(Robin says sorry & thank you very much if you have, in fact, submitted your count).

Save Our Hen Harriers! It’s time for the UK Government to license gamebird shooting in England and give Hen Harriers the protection they deserve. Contact your MP today and help stop the illegal killing of these incredible ...

I've called on the UK Government to license gamebird shooting in England and give Hen Harriers the protection they deserve.

Please help spread the word - contact your MP today and help stop the illegal killing of these incredible birds!
action.rspb.org.uk/page/185536/...

The giant puffball mushroom I foraged, nicely tucked up for an early night.

“What is that in your bed?”

“It’s a puffball mushroom I foraged.”

“Why is it there?”

“I was worried it had got cold and sad.”

“But you’re going to eat it soon anyway.”

“The fact that we all have to die at some point doesn’t mean we should not live well, in comfort, before that."

Hen Harriers and other birds of prey are still being killed illegally.

Enough is enough.

Join us and call on the UK Government to license gamebird shooting and help protect these incredible birds before it’s too late. 👇

action.rspb.org.uk/page/185536/...

I mistyped an email sign off as “all the bees” instead of “all the best”. I reckon I’m going to stick with it. I can’t think of anything negative that can possibly come of wishing someone all the bees.

Picture of the big garden birdwatch results for Warwickshire

Just submitted my #BigGardenBirdwatch results. A couple of hours of daylight left to get your watch done. 🌱