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Moorland landscape with heather in August Curlew feeding in grassy field Red admiral on Michaelmas daisy
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Peregrine chick

It's chicks o'clock on Cardiff City Hall tower

15 May 2008

Two chicks have hatched in the peregrine falcon nest on City Hall clock tower in Cardiff’s civic centre.

Osprey landing at lake by Bassenthwaite Lake

Photos of Lakes ospreys at new nest

14 May 2008

The Lake District Osprey Project has today (14 May 2008) issued the first photographs of the Lake District ospreys at their new nest near Bassenthwaite Lake.

Blue tit on terracotta Ray Kennedy

Don’t use your loaf!

14 May 2008

Traditional bread treat for birds not ideal

Manx shearwater skimming the waves

Wildlife wins on Bardsey Island

14 May 2008

Farming on the island of Bardsey has entered a new era with the island’s wildlife firmly at the forefront.

Robin sitting in grass

Don't use your loaf!

14 May 2008

We’ve all emptied a bag of old crusts onto our lawn but the RSPB is encouraging wildlife lovers to think of other alternatives to bread for feeding birds.

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Bid to boost eel numbers in East

BBC News

Two thousand elvers are to be released at a wildlife park in a bid to address the decline of the species in the UK and the rest of Europe.

US lists polar bear as threatened

BBC News

The United States has listed the polar bear as a threatened species, because its Arctic sea ice habitat is melting due to climate change.

We don't have to choose between hawks and sparrows

Guardian

It is humans, not birds of prey, who have caused our songbird numbers to decline, says [RSPB Head of conservation science] David Gibbons

Bird migration at mercy of weather patterns

New Scientist

Could the flocks of migrating birds we associate with the changing seasons disappear? It's a distinct possibility if they fail to adapt to changing weather patterns, as a result of climate change.

Global warming has changed behaviour of plants and animals over last 40 years, says NASA

Daily Mail

Global warming has altered the behaviour of thousands of species of plants and animals in the last 40 years, the biggest study of its kind suggsts.

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Latest news

Don't use your loaf!

We’ve all emptied a bag of old crusts onto our lawn but the RSPB is encouraging wildlife lovers to think of other alternatives to bread for feeding birds.

Eggs-actly what we hoped for!

A pair of rare hen harriers is incubating six eggs at a nest site in Northumberland’s North Tynedale, the RSPB and Forestry Commission announced today (7 May 2008).

National Ethical Investment Week

As a supporter of green and ethical investment, the RSPB is supporting National Ethical Investment Week 2008.

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Last published: 09/01/2008 17:09:06
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Moorland landscape with heather in August - Andy Hay (rspb-images.com, Ref: 2003-5469-009)
Curlew feeding in grassy field - Steve Round
Red admiral on Michaelmas daisy - Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com)
Bird illustrations by Mike Langman (RSPB)