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Sixty per cent of UK species in decline, groundbreaking study finds

23 May 2013

UK nature is in trouble – that is the conclusion of a groundbreaking report published today by a coalition of leading conservation and research organisations.

Water vole feeding

Sixty per cent of UK species in decline, groundbreaking study finds

23 May 2013

UK nature is in trouble – that is the conclusion of a groundbreaking report published today by a coalition of leading conservation and research organisations.

Water vole feeding

Sixty per cent of UK species in decline, groundbreaking study finds

23 May 2013

UK nature is in trouble – that is the conclusion of a groundbreaking report published today by a coalition of leading conservation and research organisations.

Water vole feeding

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Director of Conservation Martin Harper's blog

State of Nature

The State of Nature

For the first time ever, the UK’s wildlife organisations have joined forces to undertake a health check of nature in the UK and its Overseas Territories. More...

 The State of Nature

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

Project updates

4 June 2013Dramatic declines of redshank breeding on saltmarshes
25 April 2013The Birdfair/RSPB Research Fund for Endangered Birds
26 March 2013Isles of Scilly Seabird Recovery Project
11 March 2013EU LIFE+ Project - Securing the future of the stone-curlew in the UK
26 February 2013East Midlands Woodland Biodiversity Project
7 February 2013Meres and Mosses Landscape Partnership
26 October 2012Assessing the effectiveness of habitat creation as compensation for development projects

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Recent documents

Conservation Science in the RSPB 2011-2012

Conservation Science in the RSPB 2011-2012

2.57Mb, PDF

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

1.6Mb, PDF

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

1.29Mb, PDF

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

826Kb, PDF

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

2.12Mb, PDF

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

Date: 24 November 2011

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