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The latest news from the RSPB.

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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

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

Buzzard sitting on post in field

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?

Fairburn Swallows