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Pesticide restrictions: great news for bees

29 April 2013

Bees are vital to farming and an important part of our countryside, so we agree it's prudent to restrict the chemicals widely believed to be harming them

Bees on Globe thistle

Rare birds found dead as wildlife struggles through cold spring

10 April 2013

Wildlife is suffering the effects of an exceptionally late spring with rare birds found dead and summer warblers absent from the countryside.

Stone-curlew portrait

Running out of time to save our seas?

18 February 2013

The Northern Ireland Marine Taskforce* is calling on the Executive to finally give the green light to the long awaited and now long overdue NI Marine Bill.

Basking shark

Director of Conservation Martin Harper's blog

State of the UK's Birds

The State of the UK's Birds is a series of annual reports summarising the fortunes of bird populations in the United Kingdom.

The state of the UK's birds 2012

This is the 13th The state of the UK's birds (SUKB) report. It contains results from annual, periodic and one-off surveys and studies from as recently as 2011, drawing on many sources of information to give an up-to-date overview of the status of bird populations in the UK and its Overseas Territories. More...

The state of the UK's birds 2012

Recent documents

Conservation Science in the RSPB 2011-2012

Conservation Science in the RSPB 2011-2012

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The latest report on our scientific work.

Date: 28 September 2012

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The costs and benefits of grouse moor management to biodiversity and aspects of the wider environment: a review

The costs and benefits of grouse moor management to biodiversity and aspects of the wider environment: a review

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Date: 7 August 2012

Authors: Grant, MC, Mallord, J, Stephen, L, Thompson, PS (2012)

Published in: RSPB Research Report Number 43

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Birds and wave & tidal stream energy: an ecological review

Birds and wave & tidal stream energy: an ecological review

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Date: 6 August 2012

Authors: McCluskie, AE, Langston, RHW, and Wilkinson, NI (2012)

Published in: RSPB Research Report 42: 1-124

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The state of birds in Wales 2011

The state of birds in Wales 2011

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Report on the state of birds in Wales at the end of 2011.

Date: 3 January 2012

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The state of the UK's birds 2011

The state of the UK's birds 2011

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A detailed look at the fortunes of birds throughout the UK and in its Overseas Territories.

Date: 24 November 2011

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