News, features and updates from the RSPB

The Elizabeth Line opened in London this week which is good news for commuters. But the project is also good news for bar tailed godwits and the huge variety of wildlife which now spend time at Wallasea Island Essex. And for people and the planet. Here’s how.

Wildlife is flourishing at Haweswater in the Lake District, thanks to peatland restoration work that’s also helping to reduce flooding and tackle climate change. 

Netting is used in many different settings. It’s time to take action, and that’s why we’re campaigning for laws to be introduced that would commit governments to ensure the recovery of nature – meaning that practices like this would come under much closer scrutiny in future.

Nature Positive is a global movement aiming to halt nature loss by 2030 and recover nature by 2050. The UK government has committed to delivering a Nature Positive future, but what would this look like, how can we get there and how does it relate to our work at the RSPB?

House martins are remarkable summer migrants delighting many with their return each year to nest and raise a family. In this guest blog from House Martin Conservation UK & Ireland we take a look at these fascinating birds and the simple things we can all do to help them.

Nothing raises the spirits like a wildlife encounter. Time stands still when you hear a nightingale’s song or see a puffin with your own eyes for the first time. It’s a feeling like no other. That’s why we refuse to give up on species that are under threat.

The arrival of swifts signals the start of summer, but every spring most of us are seeing fewer of these mysterious birds migrate back to our towns and cities. Swift fans across the UK have been taking action to try and help their local swifts make a comeback.

Discover how we’re tackling the threats facing migratory birds, and how together, we can save them.

Discover how, by focusing on flowers, we’re rebuilding a landscape fit for pine martens, corncrakes and eagles.

The RSPB have joined forces with the British Wildlife Photography Awards to find the up-and-coming hot shots in nature photography, and this year, the RSPB are sponsoring three youth categories.

The RSPB and partners met in Westminster this May to celebrate Tristan da Cuhna’s conservation success and its hopeful future thanks to your help in 2021.

Turtle doves, were once a familiar sight and sound of summer before a huge population decline put them on the brink of disappearing from our countryside. But with the help of conservation organisations, farmers, land managers and people like you, we’re hoping to turn the tide.