News, features and updates from the RSPB

There has been a lot of talk of nature-based solutions recently, and this is likely to increase as governments prepare for the biggest nature summit in over a decade, COP15. But what are they, and why should we care? 

We’re global! Did you know it’s not just the animals in your back garden we protect? You might be surprised by the rare and bizarre creatures you’re helping us to support globally, from pygmy hippos to rare fin whales.

Discover how you can help to save the UK’s most threatened resident bird from wildfires 

Sure, a world without birds would be boring, but more than that, we’d really miss them and the important tasks that they carry out. Come and discover the winged workforce helping our planet.

Our new report reveals the cocktail of chemicals harming our wildlife. We have a serious problem with pesticides and it’s our food production that uses the largest amounts of these chemical concoctions.

Although the results of the first ever national turtle dove survey are sobering, there is hope for this ‘sound of summer’ resident.

You needn’t go halfway around the world to experience beautiful rainforests. This World Rainforest Day, discover the temperate rainforests right here in the UK.

From breakfast to bedtime, every day is action-packed when you’re an albatross. Have you heard about their delightful dancing? Their globe-hopping gliding? Or their mature matriarchs? Today, come and see what it takes to live as a winged giant.

Change is something we have always done - we adapt and shift our focus as our birds and wildlife face new risks and threats, both in the UK and overseas. Our new logo and the other changes reflect the work we’re doing right now to save nature.

The Tagus Estuary near Lisbon is one of the most important coastal sites along the East Atlantic Flyway migratory route. It's a popular site for waterbirds, supporting around 300,000 every year, including 80,000 black-tailed godwits.

Our seabirds are struggling. Out of the 25 different species breeding here in the UK, 24 have plummeted to Red or Amber status on the UK list of Birds of Conservation Concern. The red flags are well and truly waving, seabird decline is worse than in 2012.

The Queen is one of the RSPB's patrons and much has changed for our wildlife since she took to the throne in 1952. Here we pick out five highs and five lows for our bird life over the last 70 years.