A11 Dualling
The proposed works on the A11 is a real opportunity to deliver improvements to this road & ensure the wildlife of this special area is not harmed.
By identifying the best places for wildlife, then ensuring they are properly protected and managed, we make sure our special places have a future.
Along with other environmental groups, we have fought for many years to ensure habitats that support rare and vulnerable wildlife are protected from the worst impacts of human development.
By identifying the best places for wildlife, then ensuring they are properly protected and managed, we make sure our special places have a future.
Just as you would expect our great national cathedrals and monuments to be protected for the future, so, too, should our remaining natural places be looked after.
That's where we come in - making sure these remaining precious treasures of our natural heritage get the protection they deserve.
The following points give you an idea of the role we play in protecting and managing them. We:
With areas for wildlife becoming increasingly small and fragmented all over the world, these pages show you how we are securing our natural environment for future generations to enjoy.
The Firth of Forth is home to an abundance of bird species of international importance. However, industry, urban expansion and recreation all represent pressures on the integrity of the habitats of this region.
Strathy is a vast expanse of blanket bog habitat in Scotland's far North, much of which has been spoilt by inappropriate past planting of exotic conifers although it still holds breeding bird populations of international importance. We are fighting a fresh threat of inappropriate windfarms.
The Humber is an internationally important place for wildlife but it is under pressure from industry, sea level rise and recreational disturbance.
The proposed works on the A11 is a real opportunity to deliver improvements to this road & ensure the wildlife of this special area is not harmed.
The site supports almost 46,000 waterbirds in the winter, including internationally important numbers of whooper swans.
Find out moreWe support the development of renewables, including offshore wind, however this must not be at the expense of Scotland’s bird populations or other wildlife.
Find out moreIf these developments continue it is likely that birds such as black-tailed godwits will cease using their favoured feeding grounds.
Find out moreThe development would result in the loss of 45 hectares (112 acres) of estuarine habitat, which internationally important wildlife relies on heavily for its survival.
Find out moreThe implications of the wind farm on the areas birds and nearby habitats needs to be fully assessed.
Find out moreA 25-turbine wind farm was proposed near Fort Augustus, Highland, by Ridge Wind. We were initially concerned as the site is close to breeding common scoters.
Find out moreRSPB Scotland has provided a written response to the scoping report outlining our significant concerns about this proposed wind farm development.
Find out moreWe are very pleased by the outcome of this case – a well-sited, large windfarm producing electricity sustainably, with the added bonus of substantial habitat management for wildlife benefit.
Find out moreWe must fight to protect Catfield Fen and Sutton Fen because the reserves are the 'best of the best' within one of Europe’s most important wetland sites.
Find out moreWe're concerned the environmental assessment for the Clyde Wind Farm Extension does not take full account of the impacts on protected habitats and species.
Find out moreA proposed golf course threatens a protected area of valuable coastal dune habitat, home to many species of wildlife.
Find out moreIn February 2012, the Kenyan environment regulator (NEMA) has refused permission for a biofuel project that could have completely destroyed Dakatcha Woodland.
Find out moreConstruction of an airport & the development of a tourism industry in St Helena may have a profound effect on the environment & it's unique wildlife.
Find out moreThe Danube Delta is well known as one of Europe's premier wetlands and the Danube Delta Special Protection Area (SPA) is home to over 320 bird species.
Find out moreFour hundred years ago, the Essex coast was a wild and stunning place, a haven for wildlife and a source of livelihood for local communities.
Find out moreRare and vulnerable birds of the Brecks are under threat from development in one of the UK's most unique and wildlife rich landscapes.
Find out moreRSPB Scotland has significant concerns about plans to put turbines between established feeding and roosting grounds used regularly by the geese.
Find out moreAfter a wait of more than ten years, Natural England notified the West Pennine Moors as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Find out moreThis case began with the RSPB's concerns over Natural England's actions in relation to an upland shooting estate, Walshaw Moor, in the South Pennines.
Find out moreThe windfarm planned for Waterhead Moor, in Ayrshire would have been so damaging to wildlife that we felt we must oppose it.
Find out moreAlthough the Scottish Government has consented this wind farm we acknowledge the impacts on bird populations will be smaller compared to the original proposals.
Find out moreThe Serengeti National Park is one of the most recognisable national parks in the world but could be severed by government plans for a major commercial highway.
Find out moreImportant wildlife sites in NE Poland are under threat from damage by a series of road projects on the so called 'Via Baltica' international road corridor.
Find out moreThe Severn Estuary and its wildlife is under threat from a proposal to build an enormous barrage to generate electricity from the Severn's huge tides
Find out moreScottish and Southern’s 33-turbine wind farm at Strathy North was consented although RSPB Scotland maintained its objection & construction has begun
Find out moreThe Environment Agency's decision to turn off some of the pumps in the Lyth Valley could provide real opportunities for enhancing wetland habitat restoration.
Find out moreWe are opposed to the construction of an airport in the Thames Estuary, including the latest proposals put forward as part of the Government-commissioned review.
Find out moreThe application for a 14-turbine windfarm at Stacain was refused by Scottish Ministers in October 2009 due to unacceptable effects on golden eagle.
Find out moreE.ON developers have applied for an 18-turbine windfarm, Strathy Wood, between Strathy North and Strathy South and immediately to the east
Find out moreOne of the most important wetlands in Africa is in danger of drowning under a plethora of proposed developments.
Find out moreA housing development that could have spelt disaster for the unique, wonderful and protected wildlife of Talbot Heath has been turned down by the Government.
Find out moreAlthough we objected to proposals, removing turbines & providing data in a format which allows predicted impacts to be verified enabled us to drop our objection.
Find out moreA proposal for wind turbines close to Beckingham Marshes nature reserve to make sure local wildlife and our own reserve management objectives are not harmed.
Find out moreWe are concerned that Community Windpower Limited is pursuing a wind farm project within an internationally important wildlife site in Dumfries and Galloway
Find out moreWe are supporting Scottish Natural Heritage's objection to a new development that could cause significant harm to the Firth of Forth Special Protection Area.
Find out moreThe proposed Sizewell C development has the potential to have a major impact on one of the most wildlife rich areas of the UK.
Find out morePentland Firth & Orkney Waters offer significant renewable energy resources in the form of wave and tidal stream activity.
Find out moreEast Lindsey Council have refused the Environment Agency permission to create new intertidal habitat at Donna Nook.
Find out moreWe have objected to an application which was submitted to Scottish Ministers by Scottish and Southern Energy for 26 turbines.
Find out moreWe oppose windfarm proposals at Eisgein, Lewis which threaten an important population of golden eagles and are likely to slow the spread of white-tailed eagles.
Find out moreWe need to work hard to ensure that any renewable energy development is sited in the right place with minimal impact to the environment.
Find out moreThe Falkland Islands are home to spectacular wildlife including internationally important populations of seabirds, penguins and a rich marine life.
Find out moreWe are extremely concerned about a major wind farm proposal on a site which could have significant impacts on nationally important bird species.
Find out moreFiley Bay has given life to generations of seabirds, but in recent years it has also claimed many victims.
Find out moreScottish Government is considering two offshore wind farm applications that represent a significant scale of development not previously seen in Scottish waters.
Find out moreHighways England are currently consulting on a new crossing on the Lower Thames as an additional route to the existing Dartford crossings.
Find ot morePlans for a golf course, resort and housing at Menie, Aberdeen have been consented, but they will lead to extensive damage to a protected sand dune system.
Find out moreThe fight to stop the development of up to 5,000 houses on one of the most important sites in the country for the already struggling nightingale.
Find out moreA new motorway could be built south of Newport across the nationally important Gwent Levels.
Find out moreScottish Ministers have granted consent for four offshore wind farm developments in the Firths of Forth and Tay region.
Find out moreWe are pleased to report that planning permission for two turbines that could have potentially impacted on the Firth of Forth has been refused.
Find out moreScottish Power Renewables hope to construct a large wind farm on a site surrounded by an area designated for its importance for breeding hen harriers.
Find out moreThe proposed high-speed rail link has prompted tough questions about how we plan our future transport needs, reduce our carbon footprint and protect wildlife.
Find out moreA huge number of lesser flamingos depend on Tanzania's Lake Natron as a breeding site, threatened by a large scale soda ash development
Find out moreWe are delighted that on 26 June 2012 Peel Energy announced that it is to withdraw its application for the proposed coal-fired power station at Hunterston
Find out moreStatoil has submitted plans to build the first floating wind farm off the Scottish east coast.
Find out moreSince 2007, over 360 projects have been proposed for the area that will cause direct loss of almost all areas where red-breasted geese feed during winter.
Find out moreWe are concerned about a proposal for a windfarm in North Ayrshire close to a Special Protected Area designated for hen harriers, a UK species of the highest conservation priority.
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