Campaign news

Roseate tern pair performing courtship display

What a difference a year makes!

16 October 2008

Thanks to the support of over a million people like you, it’s amazing what the RSPB can achieve.

Starling, spotty plumage

South West birds in trouble?

17 July 2008

Numbers of South West birds such as starlings, cuckoos and willow warblers have dropped by more than a half according to an annual survey.

Golden plover in breeding plumage

Welcome refusal for Lewis wind farm

22 April 2008

Renewables targets can be met without damaging protected sites.

Adult red-throated diver

Business lobby must not be allowed to judge environmental legislation

15 February 2008

In an open letter to Liz Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Chamber of Commerce, RSPB Scotland Director Stuart Housden is challenging their assertion that the damaging Barvas Moor Lewis wind farm would be given the go ahead on similar sites abroad.

Golden plover in summer plumage

Lewis wind farm to be rejected?

25 January 2008

According to BBC Scotland, the Lewis wind farm proposal is set to be rejected.

New map to ease conflict between wind farms and wildlife

10 October 2006

A new map indicating Scotland's most sensitive areas for building wind farms has been produced by RSPB Scotland in an effort to help developers avoid the most important areas for birds.

Blades of wind turbine