The gardens at Okehampton Hospital have been transformed to provide new spaces for patients, staff, and nature.
Staff from the RSPB have worked closely with staff and volunteers from the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Royal Devon) for the last few years, supporting them with wonderful plans to go wild in their gardens and grounds.
East Devon's Seaton Wetlands witnessed a triumphant breeding success, as two avocet chicks hatched today. This marks the first occurrence of a newly-hatched family unit of avocets ever recorded in the county.
Two avocets were seen foraging in the brackish lagoon of Black Hole Marsh on the Axe Estuary in Spring, before a pair were seen mating on the lagoon in late May, settling down...
This year more than half a million people across the UK took part in the RSPB’s annual Big Garden Birdwatch, counting more than nine million birds.
In Devon, more than 15,500 people took part this year, with the House Sparrow taking the top spot as the most commonly seen bird, followed by Blue Tit and Blackbird.
House Sparrows have held on to the RSPB’s Big Garden...
RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch is the largest garden wildlife survey in the world and provides a snapshot of how garden birds are faring in the UK.
The world’s largest garden wildlife survey returns this month, with hundreds of thousands of people watching and counting the UK’s garden birds over the last weekend in January for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch.
As a heatwave spreads across the country, now is the time to help the thousands of migratory birds currently returning to their homes around the UK. The RSPB explains what to look – and listen – out for, and how we can help them after their epic journeys.
With bird breeding season now well underway, these birds are busy finding mates, building nests and bringing up broods, and there’...
The RSPB are appealing for volunteers across Devon and Cornwall to help them carry out their annual Cirl Bunting Survey, between April-August of this year. People can register to take part in the survey on the Cirl Bunting Action Hub, visit: bit.ly/RSPBCirlHub
Here volunteers can select a 2km by 2km survey square local to their home on the RSPB’s map and plan a survey route through...
People have been noticing nature much more during lockdowns, as garden birds and other wildlife have helped lift spirits and connect us to the world outside. A recent survey commissioned by the RSPB showed that 41% of participants reported seeing wildlife near their homes that they had never noticed before between 2020 and 2021.
Almost half of the UK population have said they have...
Delve into Dartmoor’s wonderful wildlife this February half term with a focus on the moor’s birds. Dartmoor is home to a fascinating range of birds and provides a refuge for species that are under threat elsewhere. Birds such as the cuckoo, meadow pipit, skylark and ring ouzel can all be seen and heard at different times of the year. The Authority is committed to keeping the landscape special...
Many of us are familiar with the common birds we see in our Devon gardens and when walking in our local parks and the countryside, but an incredible 245 species of bird regularly occur in the UK. New data published today, reveals that more than a quarter (29%) of these are in serious trouble.
The latest assessment, Birds of Conservation Concern 5 - published today in the Journal...
Sixty breeding pairs of the rare cirl bunting have been recorded between Bolt Head and Bolberry Down on land owned by the National Trust in the South Hams. The 33% increase to sixty pairs, from forty in previous years, is the highest count of the small birds in the area since recording began in 2012. The area is one of the most important sites for cirl buntings in the UK, which are currently...
