Beccy Speight, RSPB Chief Executive, said: This Treasury-commissioned review is an incredibly important moment that should trigger a sea-change in attitude towards the positive role nature plays underpinning our prosperity. The review demonstrates how our economies, livelihoods and well-being fundamentally depend on protecting and enhancing nature. But right now, we aren’t protecting our precious natural…
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Press release – RSPB/Crane Working Group
UK crane population hits record high The latest common crane survey reveals a record-breaking 64 pairs of cranes in 2020, bringing the total population to over 200 birds. Cranes became extinct in the UK around four hundred years ago but following the natural recolonisation of a few birds and extensive conservation work, including a reintroduction…
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
Two weeks today (or yesterday or the day before) you might be doing the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch. I will; probably listening to Desert Island Discs while I do. It’s a tradition now that attracts around half a million participants each year. You can read what I think of it in the next Birdwatch magazine…
RSPB/Suffolk Wildlife Trust press release – Sizewell
Government talks with EDF over Sizewell in stark contrast to PM’s environment pledge Boris Johnson will fail in his first major domestic test over its declared commitment to the environment if talks with EDF to build the Sizewell C power station go ahead. If allowed to go ahead Sizewell C could have devastating consequences for nature. The build could destroy…
Competition launched to honour RSPB Founder Emily Williamson with statue
Emily Williamson, who in 1889 founded the all-female Society for the Protection of Birds (later the RSPB), is to be honoured with a statue at her former home in Fletcher Moss Park in Didsbury, Manchester. Four short-listed maquettes will be unveiled in July 2021, marking the centenary of the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act –…
RSPB press release – moorland burning is massive problem
New analysis shows that burning of moorlands is the biggest threat to England’s most important places for wildlife New analysis of Government data by the RSPB shows that the burning of moorlands is the biggest identified threat to England’s Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). The analysis also shows that no reason has been identified…
RSPB press release – marine SPAs in Scotland
RSPB Scotland welcomes seabird safe havens, but questions why Orkney sites are missing Puffins, terns, eiders and long-tailed ducks are among the wildlife that stands to get a boost from legal protection announced today. The long-awaited declaration of ‘Special Protection Areas’ (SPAs) will safeguard some of the places that hundreds of thousands of birds rely…
RSPB press release – peat
New analysis published today by RSPB reveals the scale of the challenge that the UK’s governments face to restore and maintain our peatlands, which play a pivotal role in combatting climate change. Peatlands are one of the UK’s most valuable habitats and have a critical role to play in addressing the nature and climate crises….
RSPB statement on Number 10’s 10-point plan
In response to the Prime Minister’s 10-Point Plan, Beccy Speight, chief executive of the RSPB, said: “We are facing a nature and climate emergency, so must take this opportunity to build back better. While we welcome the Prime Minister’s announcement of new money, new national park designations and new landscape plans, in truth this barely…
Press release – UK Overseas Territory becomes one of the world’s biggest sanctuaries for wildlife (Tristan da Cunha Government, RSPB, National Geographic)
UK Overseas Territory becomes one of the world’s biggest sanctuaries for wildlife The Government and people of Tristan da Cunha make visionary declaration with support of an international partnership including the UK Government, RSPB, National Geographic Pristine Seas, Blue Nature Alliance, Becht Family Charitable Trust together with Blue Marine Foundation, Wyss Foundation, Kaltroco, Don Quixote…