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Nature's Future
Welcome to the Autumn/Winter 2026 issue of Nature's Future. Our newsletter will show you some of the conservation work made possible thanks to gifts left in Wills to the RSPB.
The eyes have it
Read about the long-term Gannet study on Bass Rock.
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Spring
Autumn
Mud, glorious mud
A comprehensive survey of Redshanks breeding in north Norfolk and the Humber has revealed the importance of saltmarsh for these striking wading birds.
Spring
Operation Turtle Dove
With numbers of Turtle Doves in the UK down by 99% since the 1970s, things were looking bleak for this iconic bird. But there are some signs of recovery and hope that its gentle purring song will still be here for years to come.
Autumn
Keeping an eye on our seabirds
With 2022 being a terrible year for our seabirds and bird flu, this season we carried out additional survey work to see what the impacts were of losing tens of thousands of adult birds last year.
Spring
East coast wetlands boost
With a swoosh of thousands of wingbeats and an excited piping sound, the fluid ribbon turns the skies black, then grey, then almost white. To the left, to the right, up, down, up, up, right, left, now straight over your head. You can feel the collective energy. The tide is high; you’re witnessing one of the world’s greatest nature spectacles; you’re watching a flock of Knots at RSPB Snettisham nature reserve in Norfolk.
Autumn
The call of the Curlew
The UK has lost nearly half of its breeding Curlews since 1995. With the UK hosting around 25% of the world population of Eurasian Curlews, it’s more important than ever that we do all we can to stop this striking wading bird from declining even further
Spring
Bringing nature back to the Lake District
Tucked away at the eastern edge of the Lake District National Park, RSPB Haweswater is being transformed. Together with landowner United Utilities we’re restoring a landscape of colourful wildflower meadows, meandering rivers, rich woodlands and healthy, wet bogs – with benefits for nature and people.
Autumn
Restoring our precious peatlands
Some of Wales’s rarest birds are making a comeback in Snowdonia, thanks to peatland restoration work that’s also helping to tackle climate change.
Spring
Good news for Tristan seabirds
In November, a huge marine protection zone, almost three times the size of the UK, was declared around the UK Overseas Territory of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic.
Autumn
Discover the UK's rainforests
When you think of a rainforest, the chances are you imagine somewhere hot and humid on the other side of the world, with trees like skyscrapers and colourful birds calling from the canopy.
But there are rainforests much closer to home than you might think – and they’re even rarer than their tropical counterparts.
Spring
Little Terns: a bird on the brink
Little terns are one of the UK’s rarest and smallest seabirds. No heavier than a tennis ball, they migrate from the west coast of Africa to breed along our coastline. They have suffered huge declines in recent years.
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