We’d like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to everyone who signed and raised their voice for nature. The overwhelming response, led to the proposal being debated by the Senedd on 1 ...

You also may have noticed on cold mornings that our wild birds look a little rounder and fluffier than usual. By fluffing up ...

Berwick Bank is planned to be built off Scotland’s east coast, in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay area. The site is dangerously close to vital feeding grounds and habitats for critically important ...

If you’ve been to one of our RSPB nature reserves you’ll know they’re brimming with brilliant birds and wildlife, but nature isn’t confined to nature reserves, and neither is our work. Our Campaigns ...

Take a look at our interactive results page to see what birds came out on top and which birds dropped in the Big Garden Birdwatch rankings. Do the results echo what you saw in your patch? Select a ...

The use of fire as a tool in land management has a long history. Fire is used to manage vegetation to deliver specific outcomes: gamekeepers use it to manage heather for grouse and farmers use it to ...

The review is being carried out in response to the growing public concern, and mounting scientific evidence, of the damaging environmental impacts of the most intensive form of shooting. This is ...

Kevin Cox said: “There is growing concern about the environmental impact (including for carbon, water and biodiversity) of intensive forms of game bird shooting and associated land management ...

Topic: Science, policy and practice of the impact of predators on wild birds. Martin Harper was invited to speak at the National Gamekeeper's Organisation AGM. He expected some reciprocal challenge ...

Topic: When science shows that predation is a contributory factor to the decline of already threatened species. It is, however, a fact of life that all bird species are subject to predation. Predators ...

Using any form of predator control (lethal or non-lethal) is something the RSPB never takes lightly. It’s always based on evidence* and guided by the policy that is agreed by the RSPB Council. The ...

On Friday 21st March 2025, the Government finally published the long overdue National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (NAP). This is a key document that should set out policy in ...