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RSPB asks for safeguarding of funding to deliver sustainable farming

8 February 2012

The RSPB believes that Northern Ireland’s farmers are well placed to lead the way in delivering the European Commission’s priorities of ‘Sustainable management of natural resources and climate action’.

Michael Calvert

Lamb is not on the menu

8 February 2012

With the lambing season in full swing, the RSPB is reassuring farmers that red kites do not pose any threat to lambs. These spectacular birds are once again making themselves at home in Northern Ireland after an absence of 200 years.

Red kite over mountains

Would you like to know more about the birds on your farm?

6 February 2012

To learn more about wildlife on their land, farmers can join the RSPB Volunteer and Farmer Alliance Project, providing free farm surveys

Volunteer & Farmer Alliance: Brian Matthews (farmer) and David McReedy (volunteer)

Wet is wonderful!

2 February 2012

A visit to a wetland is a journey to another world. Every bit as teeming and exotic as a jungle, alive with buzzing, flitting insects, the call and splash of birds, tall rushes, colourful meadow blooms and swaying grasses.

RSPB Lower Lough Erne nature reserve, County Fermanagh

Allot to do about birdwatching

27 January 2012

The Belfast Hills are a haven for wildlife. From ravens to curlews, the area is packed with some of the most iconic birds on this island; which is why the RSPB is holding its main Big Garden Bird Watch event there this year, today (27.01.2012).

Raven in flight

Grasping the nettle

24 January 2012

On a bright beautiful Friday the 13th in January, the RSPB organised a party of volunteers to gather up nettle roots, with the aim of restoring habitat for corncrakes on Rathlin Island. The RSPB will be organising work parties until mid March and are looking for volunteers and businesses interested in coming along for the day to help out. The next one will be this coming Friday, 27th January.

Pair of corncrakes among horsetails, Tiree, Scotland