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Gold and Silver Awards for Fraserburgh Wildlife Explorers

25 May 2012

Two young members of the Fraserburgh Wildlife Explorers, a local group for junior members of the RSPB, have recently received RSPB Wildlife Action Awards in recognition of their contribution to nature conservation. Lena Forsyth, aged 11, received a silver award while Kirsty McLeod, aged 7, received gold.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Celebrate safely this summer for animals’ sake

25 May 2012

While celebrating this summer’s Jubilee and Olympics, the public should think twice before setting off fireworks, releasing balloons and lighting sky lanterns to ensure pets, wildlife and livestock aren’t frightened or even killed.

Wildflowers at RSPB Conwy nature reserve

Celebrate safely this summer for animals’ sake

25 May 2012

Charities team up to warn about the dangers of fireworks, balloons and sky lanterns ahead of the Jubilee and Olympics

Hunting barn owl

Bird deaths linked to discarded plastic tape

25 May 2012

Couple from Western Isles highlight threat to marine wildlife

FAME: Guillemot

20 years of protecting Europe’s natural heritage

24 May 2012

The Thames Estuary is one of the many important sites for nature benefiting from Euro support launched twenty years ago.

View over Cliffe Marshes

RSPB Midlands 'stunned' by DEFRA plan to 'imprison' wild buzzards to favour captive-reared pheasants

24 May 2012

The RSPB in the Midlands is stunned by Defra’s plan to allow the destruction of buzzard nests and to permit buzzards to be taken into captivity to remove them from shooting estates. The Society believes this intervention against one of England’s best-loved birds of prey will set a terrible precedent and prove to be a costly and unnecessary exercise.

Buzzard in flight

RSPB stunned by Defra plan to 'imprison' buzzards

24 May 2012

The RSPB is stunned by Defra’s plan to allow the destruction of buzzard nests and to permit buzzards to be taken into captivity to remove them from shooting estates

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Girl guide steps up for a day, as Director of RSPB Cymru

23 May 2012

Yesterday (Tuesday 22 May) 14 year-old Harriet Sleight, from 4th Tenby Guides stepped up and took the reins of RSPB Cymru as Director for the day. Harriet was the lucky winner of a competition launched by RSPB Cymru in partnership with Girlguiding Cymru, to find a young champion for nature.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

RSPB “seriously alarmed” about wind farm extension’s impact on golden eagles

23 May 2012

Proposed development in Western Isles could have a “devastating impact on one of Europe’s best sites for eagles.”

Golden eagle profile

No ospreys on camera this year, but plenty of other wildlife to be seen

23 May 2012

Wigtown Bay’s ospreys have surprised everyone this year, by pulling a bit of a vanishing act.

Female osprey in flight

Make your Nature Count arrives in South Yorkshire

22 May 2012

The RSPB is well known for its dedication to helping everything that tweets, but the launch of its forthcoming Make Your Nature Count survey confirms how much the conservation charity is just as keen to support all garden wildlife from those that snuffle and forage to those that slither and slime.

Badger

How many swallows make a summer?

22 May 2012

After the wettest April on record, does this amazing photo of swallows finally herald that summer is here?

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Scottish Birdfair takes flight

19 May 2012

Environment Minister to attend inaugural wildlife event

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Uncertainty over sex of Chichester Cathedral peregrine chicks

18 May 2012

The four chicks from the celebrity pair of peregrines nesting on top of Chichester Cathedral have now been ringed with surprising results.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

First chick of the year for osprey pair

17 May 2012

RSPB celebrates new arrival at Loch Garten Osprey Centre

Osprey female on eyrie in morning light

Where will you love nature?

15 May 2012

Love Nature Week 2012 is fast approaching and this year it will run from 19 May - 3 June, when people across Hampshire and the south east will be raising money for wildlife by supporting the RSPB.

Collecting during Love Nature Week

Winged wonders of the Woods

15 May 2012

You can be bedazzled by butterflies with a special event held by the RSPB at Fineshade Woods on Sunday 27 May.

Comma butterfly on verbena in gardens at The Lodge

Butterflies and bumblebees at home on bird friendly farms

15 May 2012

Farmers who are working to help threatened birds on their land are also more likely to have healthy populations of bugs, butterflies, bumblebees and bats, new scientific research has revealed.

Brown argus butterfly

English hen harriers hang in the balance

15 May 2012

The future for England’s most threatened bird of prey – the hen harrier – is looking perilous, as the species teeters on the brink of extinction as a breeding bird.

Female hen harrier with food

RSPB Loch Leven volunteer wins runner-up in Young Scot Awards 2012

14 May 2012

A young volunteer at RSPB Loch Leven nature reserve, Lewis Steer, aged 15, has recently won runner- up in the Environmental category of the Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards 2012, in recognition of his contribution to nature conservation.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds