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.
Charities team up to warn about the dangers of fireworks, balloons and sky lanterns ahead of the Jubilee and Olympics
The search is on for a prince and princess to perform an official unveiling ceremony at RSPB Bempton Cliffs.
24 May 2012
The Thames Estuary is one of the many important sites for nature benefiting from Euro support launched twenty years ago.
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.
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 RSPB in Northern England 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.
23 May 2012
The kids of the ‘50s are being asked to dig deep into their memory banks to help bring a touch of the old school yard to Saltholme.
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.
The RSPB is well known for its dedication to helping everything that tweets, but the launch of its forthcoming Make 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.
After the wettest April on record, and a very cold May so far, perhaps this amazing photo of swallows lined up on power lines above RSPB Fairburn Ings finally heralds a change to warmer weather.
The RSPB marks the success of their 3 year long ‘Explore Moor’ project by celebrating the achievements of local youngsters at the annual Hallbankgate Community Fete this Saturday 26 June.
After the wettest April on record, does this amazing photo of swallows finally herald that summer is here?
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 RSPB has launched a new community project based at their Hodbarrow nature reserve, providing opportunities for residents in and around Millom, Cumbria to step up to protect one of Britain's rarest seabirds.
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.
You can be bedazzled by butterflies with a special event held by the RSPB at Fineshade Woods on Sunday 27 May.
Help celebrate the success of RSPB’s Dee Estuary nature reserve at Burton Mere Wetlands, near Neston, on May 19 and 20 as they launch a limited edition black-tailed godwit pin badge.
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.
14 May 2012
He’s been teasing the ladies by moving from site to site, but RSPB Old Moor’s bachelor bittern is back and booming for a mate.
11 May 2012
A special hotline has opened to encourage people who live or spend time in the English uplands to report sightings of England’s rarest breeding bird of prey, the hen harrier.
Avocets have returned for their twentieth consecutive year to nest at RSPB Blacktoft Sands nature reserve.
10 May 2012
Bad weather's highlighted the narrow line between life and death for wildlife at Rainham Marshes nature reserve.
9 May 2012
The RSPB and Severn Trent Water have today expressed their outrage at the wanton destruction of the nest of one of Britain’s most persecuted and rare birds of prey.
On Saturday, 12 May, RSPB Geltsdale plays host to new author, Pete Howard, in an event that celebrates the launch of his wildlife memoirs.
Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Police are appealing for information following the illegal poisoning of two rare red kites less than a mile apart in the Chilterns. The RSPB is offering a reward of £1,000 for information leading to a conviction.
8 May 2012
Illegal persecution against goshawks in parts of the Peak District is becoming relentless
In true day-time telly fashion, the RSPB centre at Fairhaven Lake will be broadcasting scenes of their newly resident family getting in a flap from their spring ‘nestcam’.
Richard Drax MP and the Worshipful Mayor of Weymouth and Portland Graham Winter will officially open the RSPB’s state-of-the-art Wild Weymouth Discovery Centre at Radipole Lake on Monday, May 14 at 11am.
The RSPB wants your help saving nature! Join us in our summer wildlife survey by telling us what slithers, tweets, forages and snuffles about in your garden or green space.
5 May 2012
The ongoing floods are having a catastrophic impact on some of Britain’s already-threatened wildlife, says the RSPB.
4 May 2012
Children across Kent have been putting their best foot forward to help save nature as part of the RSPB’s Stepping up for Nature campaign.
A dramatic survival story with a happy ending was played out at RSPB Fairburn Ings during the recent flooding.
3 May 2012
Three Goshawk chicks have hatched in a nest in the New Forest National Park, and visitors can watch them live on a nest-cam at the Reptile Centre in Lyndhurst and online.
In spite of the recent bad weather, the famous Chichester Cathedral peregrine family is flourishing.
2 May 2012
A young girl's drawings and story set the scene for the return of migrant swifts and why they need help.
The breath-taking beauty of RSPB Bempton Cliffs and its stunning birdlife will come into sharp focus during a new series of events.
Following the huge success of last year’s Scarborough peregrine season, the RSPB is returning to give thousands more visitors the opportunity to see these mesmerising birds of prey.
Take a walk in Haldon Forest, Devon, this bank holiday Monday (7 May) with renowned bird illustrator Mike Langman and Gemma Dunn from RSPB to learn the basics of drawing birds and discover more about the relationship between birds and the places they live.
Conservative MP's from Kent and Essex have rallied at Westminster to oppose proposals for an estuary airport.
1 May 2012
The weather might not know what time of year it is – but local wildlife seems to be following the usual pattern of behaviour.
30 April 2012
The wet and wild weather hitting Manchester last week did nothing to deter Manchester’s best reality TV show from making headlines.
On 3 May 2012, conservationists, funders, local businesses and organisations will come together to celebrate Suffolk as a unique place for wildlife.
27 April 2012
Once again, this special time of year heralds a fabulous annual event showcasing the best vocal talent this country has to offer. No, it’s not Britain’s Got Talent, it’s International Dawn Chorus Day!
The Lake District Osprey Project team have confirmed that the two ospreys currently nesting at Bassenthwaite are now looking after three eggs.
26 April 2012
The RSPB will be bringing the dawn chorus live into the living rooms and bedrooms across the world in a unique webcast event set to coincide with International Dawn Chorus Day.
Minsmere became an RSPB nature reserve 65 years ago. Celebrate some of our conservation successes with us.
25 April 2012
Kids can really go wild at RSPB Old Moor. The playground at the nature reserve in Barnsley has received a £40,000 facelift.
The best seats in the house are now available for an incredible wildlife spectacle.
24 April 2012
The first peregrine falcon chick of the year for Chichester Cathedral appeared today [Tuesday 24 April] after several days of anticipation amongst fans.
Richard Benyon MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Natural Environment and Fisheries, today visited the Somerset Levels to see work being undertaken by the Somerset Drainage Boards to manage water in this internationally important wetland.
The RSPB in Oxfordshire is grateful for having been selected as one of the charities benefiting from the Vodaphone World of Difference Programme.
23 April 2012
Local people with a passion for Pagham Harbour are invited to ‘Meet the RSPB’ at two drop-in events on 5 and 11 May.
19 April 2012
A partnership of organisations have come together to celebrate the wild side of the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.
18 April 2012
Visitors to Chichester Cathedral have been enjoying close-up views of one of the UK's most spectacular wild creatures at the RSPB’s Date with Nature which started at the weekend.
Five Exmoor ponies will be spending their summer at the RSPB’s Broadwater Warren nature reserve.
17 April 2012
There is less than two weeks left to enter the first ever RSPB poetry competition and the interest so far has come from all around the globe.
Nature is gearing up for another breeding season at RSPB Blacktoft Sands nature reserve. This season sees the reserve come alive with birds singing and building nests as they get ready to raise a family.
16 April 2012
This year’s osprey season at Bassenthwaite Lake has taken a surprising and dramatic turn as the returning female has been joined at the nest by a Bassenthwaite chick from 2007.
A haunting sound fills the air at Saltholme, as a rare breeding bird ‘booms’ in the Tees Valley for the first time in 30 years.
Conservationists have welcomed the Environment Agency’s call for people across the West Country to use water wisely in the face of drought.
13 April 2012
A pair of goshawks being filmed as part of the Date with Nature project running at the Reptile Centre near Lyndhurst, have now laid five eggs.
Water company United Utilities has entered an innovative new land management partnership with the RSPB at its Haweswater Estate in the Lake District, aimed at integrating hill farming with habitat restoration to create more space for nature and improve drinking water quality.
11 April 2012
Over the Easter weekend, local families came with a hop, skip and jump to take part in RSPB Coombes Valley’s Wacky Wildlife trail - solving clues and learning more about some of the creatures that live on the reserve.
Conservationists have welcomed the introduction of a hosepipe ban across drought stricken areas of England.
They say a rolling stone gathers no moss, but spreading moss is underway at Dove Stone.
Nature is gearing up for another breeding season at RSPB Blacktoft Sands nature reserve.
10 April 2012
Farmers across the South East have been entering 2012’s competition since it launched earlier this year, but today the RSPB is reminding those who’ve yet to throw their hat into the ring to do so before it’s too late.
The landscape and wildlife of the Rivers Arun and Rother in West Sussex are being lined up for major improvements following initial support* from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
5 April 2012
There is buried treasure for all to find in the Staffordshire countryside, in the shape of the RSPB’s beautiful Coombes Valley reserve with its magical, mysterious woodland. For children, there is also the prospect of an Easter challenge.
Starlings at all time low in Big Garden Birdwatch.
Do you have an eye like a hawk for taking great pictures? Can you wait patiently for the action to happen? Are you quick on the shutter at just the right moment? Yes?
Come rain or come shine, Easter is a cracking time to get out and about and experience the start of spring. What better way to do this than to pop along to RSPB Leighton Moss nature reserve in Silverdale where there is plenty going on to keep you and your family entertained.
The RSPB today unveiled the world’s largest hot cross bun at its Saltholme wildlife reserve to celebrate the wealth of events and activities taking place at RSPB reserves across the country this Easter.
The RSPB is today supporting the introduction of a hosepipe ban across drought stricken South East England, including parts of Berkshire.
4 April 2012
Starting from 13 April, visitors to Chichester will be able to watch a pair of peregrine falcons that are incubating their eggs on the city’s Cathedral.
Forget the likes of Big Brother, I’m a Celebrity... and Shipwrecked, the ultimate reality show is back with the return of the famous Manchester Peregrines.
The RSPB and United Utilities have teamed up to present a series of guided walks – entitled In Search of Skydancers - which will explore the amazing wildlife on the water company’s Bowland estate.
RSPB unveils world’s largest hot cross bun
2 April 2012
The famous pair of Peregrine Falcons at Chichester Cathedral have just produced four eggs, and visitors to the Cathedral will soon be able to view the live action in the nest.
From the ashes of an arson attack last April, rises the new and improved Charlie’s Hide at RSPB Fairburn Ings nature reserve, near Castleford.
Staff at RSPB Leighton Moss at Silverdale have been celebrating after hearing the reserve’s resident male bittern boom for the first time this year.
30 March 2012
Almost 600,000 people took part in this year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, counting over nine million birds.
Almost 600,000 people took part in this year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, counting over nine million birds. In Merseyside, more than 6,000 people were involved in the annual survey.
29 March 2012
Almost 600,000 people took part in this year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, counting over nine million birds. In North Yorkshire, almost 12,000 people were involved in the annual survey.
Almost 600,000 people took part in this year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, counting over nine million birds. In the North East, more than 17,000 people were involved in the annual survey.
Almost 600,000 people took part in this year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, counting over nine million birds. In Durham, more than 4,000 people were involved in the annual survey.
Almost 600,000 people took part in this year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, counting over nine million birds. In West Yorkshire, almost 16,000 people were involved in the annual survey.
