Emma Marsh, Director, England, RSPB, says: The Westminster Government has issued an underwhelming statement on the future of England’s National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs). More warm words and not enough of the action needed. There is huge public demand for these places to be at the heart of the fight against…
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RSPB press release – 2020 on RSPB nature reserves
2020: an amazing year for wildlife on RSPB reserves New report shows that despite Covid restrictions affecting vital conservation work many threatened species had a bumper year on RSPB reserves in 2020. Highlights included breeding spoonbills, egrets and rare plants, butterflies and spiders. More than 18,500 species have now been found living on RSPB reserves. Despite Covid-19 restrictions affecting access and conservation work in the…
RSPB press release – Rare insect found in Cairngorms
Rare insect found in Cairngorms Scientists are celebrating the rediscovery of a rare bug not seen in Scotland for over 30 years. The cow wheat shieldbug was recently spotted in a woodland in Strathspey by a field worker from the Rare Invertebrates in the Cairngorms partnership project. The bug is an attractive little insect, with a black body featuring two distinctive white spots. This is only the 8th-ever…
RSPB press release – Pony poo for conservation at RSPB headquarters
Pony poo for conservation at RSPB headquarters Six Dartmoor ponies are joining the team at RSBP headquarters, The Lodge nature reserve Through their grazing, trampling, and poo, they will be helping to restore the space for invertebrates and birds Dartmoor ponies are a particularly hardy native endangered breed RSPB headquarters have welcomed six new team…
Martin Harper to move from RSPB to BirdLife International
Martin Harper, the RSPB’s Conservation Director, will be moving to BirdLife International in May to become the Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia. I recruited Martin to the RSPB 17 years ago, from Plantlife, and he has done a fine job through the whole of that period, the last 10 years of which have…
Press release – RSPB, Scottish Wildlife Trust and WWF in Scotland
RESEARCH SHOWS NATURE’S RECOVERY CAN CREATE 7,000 NEW JOBS IN SCOTLAND Leading environmental charities highlight huge potential for nature jobs in Scotland but warn investment is falling behind New research from leading Scottish environment charities, published today, shows that backing their plan for nature’s recovery could create up to 7,000 new jobs, contributing to Scotland’s…
RSPB press release – MacGillivray’s prion inches closer to extinction
Endangered seabird inches closer to extinction on UK Overseas Territory All but one of this year’s MacGillivray’s prion chicks at a monitoring site have died, reinforcing fears that this endangered species is edging closer to extinction. Invasive non-native mice are the cause of the deaths. Since monitoring began at this site in 2014 only 21…
RSPB press release – where those 2 billion trees should go
New maps reveal how the UK could deliver the 2 billion trees recommended by government advisors New research analysing soil types in the UK can be used to determine where woodland expansion could be focused in the future as the UK plans for 2bn new trees The analysis warns that planting the wrong type of…
RSPB press release – Art of Saving Species exhibition
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Springwatch’s Gillian Burke has guest-curated a collection of pieces for the Art of Saving Species exhibition which launches online today. There are few people who would claim Monday mornings are their favourite time of the week but with little to look forward to on weekends the gloomy winter dark mornings are even harder to bear….
RSPB statement on Public Accounts Committee report: achieving long term environmental goals
RSPB Chief Exec Beccy Speight says: This inquiry has laid bare the urgent need for Government to get a grip on the nature crisis. Ten years after pledging to ‘improve the natural environment within a generation’ the reality is that 15 per cent of the UK’s wildlife is at risk of extinction. Positive words and…