We’re focusing our efforts on 24 landscapes across the UK as a priority. These are the places where we can make the biggest impact for nature.
The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. In December 2022, various countries, including the UK, agreed to protect and manage 30% of their land and sea for nature by 2030.
We want to focus on the landscapes where we make the biggest impact, and the areas where there is the greatest potential for making significant impact for nature at scale.
The Priority Landscapes were also chosen as those holding important populations of key priority species.
These landscapes help us to achieve our aim of creating more, bigger, better and joined up spaces for nature. They help us to achieve the RSPB’s conservation targets, help us to address the climate crisis, enable and empower more people to contribute to conservation, and influence public policy.
Our Priority Landscapes cover significant areas of land within our most important landscapes for nature, for example:
Scottish Rainforest: 483,640 ha
Antrim Plateau: 38,476 ha
North Pennines and Dales: 455,231 ha
Cairngorms: 453,036 ha
Flow Country: 426,837 ha
Offshore - Celtic Sea and Islands Seascape: 3,288,18 2ha
North Wales Moors: 204,626 ha
Fens: 179,603 ha
Across our Priority Landscapes we restore habitats, recover species and work with people to create thriving, climate‑resilient ecosystems. We combine science, practical conservation, partnership working, collaboration with farmers and landowners, and community engagement to deliver nature recovery at scale.
5000 ha of land managed for breeding waders supported by agri-environment schemes on the Antrim Plateau, led by farmers, advised by RSPB.
Saline lagoons created at Freiston and Titchwell to boost climate resilience.
Temperate rainforest restoration in Morvern, Scotland.
900ha of peatland restoration in Muirkirk and 1539ha in the Cairngorms
Heathland recovery in the Brecks supported by rabbit‑grazing initiatives.
Across our priority landscapes, we are deploying the full suite of conservation tools to deliver the critical actions needed to recover the numbers and distribution of some of our most threatened priority bird and other wildlife species.
These Priority Landscapes pose unique challenges but also offer great potential to save nature and help combat the nature and climate emergency. We often work in partnership to achieve the biggest wins for nature.
Discover fascinating facts about some of our priority species, and find out why they need our help.
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