Last week Natural England released the ‘results’ of ‘their’ monitoring of Hen Harriers in England in 2020. Their press release was a bit confused and a bit in error and was packed out with quotes from Natural England’s mates in the shooting industry about what a great thing brood meddling of Hen Harrier nests is,…
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Register for the RSPB AGM
If you are an RSPB member, and there are over a million of us, then you can attend the AGM. This year, it is online and could end up being the biggest Zoom call in history. You have to be an RSPB member (I am) and you have to register (I have). One of the…
RSPB press release – Spoonbills breed successfully in Suffolk
Rare birds raise chicks in Suffolk for first time in over 300 years The spoonbill nesting site was remodelled to protect Havergate Island from flooding, also helping to alleviate flooding near homes and businesses further along the estuary. The RSPB encouraged the birds to nest by experimenting with a range of conservation techniques including using…
RSPB statement on 2020 Hen Harrier numbers
Following today’s news from Natural England on breeding numbers of Hen Harriers in England this year, the RSPB says: The news that 60 hen harrier chicks have fledged in England this year is encouraging, and testament to the crucial monitoring from raptor workers. However, while 24 nests monitored is an improvement on the 7 nests in…
RSPB press release – the planning system
The government is approaching a “fork in the road” that could “change the course of the future for nature” as it plans to shake up the country’s planning system, wildlife conservation charity the RSPB has warned. Today the UK’s largest conservation organisation the RSPB is asking people to speak up for nature and ensure wildlife…
RSPB press release – Storm Petrels’ movements
New research has pioneered the use of GPS tags on the UK’s tiniest seabird, the Storm Petrel. For the first time several years of data have been collected on the little birds’ movements at sea. Researchers discovered they regularly travelled up to 300 kilometres to feed in the stormy waters off Shetland. The Storm Petrel…
RSPB acts – good!
The Times reports that RSPB has intervened to brief its BirdLife International partners in France and Spain to warn them of the unpopularity and indeed perhaps the folly of reintroducing Hen Harriers to southern England. The Times is reporting old news, the emails are over a year old and were obtained by the Countryside Alliance…
Press release – RSPB response to George Eustice ‘environmental’ speech
In response to the Environment Secretary George Eustice’s Speech – Nature to be at centre of green recovery – the RSPB’s CEO, Beccy Speight said: “The pandemic, caused by a zoonotic disease, has caused the biggest shock to our way of life since the second world war. Yet the government has to date failed to…
RSPB and gamebird shooting
The RSPB is taking its time over this consultation on gamebird shooting but it is going to be worth it. The infographic that the RSPB has released is clearly not the whole picture, and is an interesting selection of information. There is quite a lot of food for thought here alone. RSPB members are 62%…
RSPB update on its gamebird shooting consultation
Interesting update on RSPB gamebird shooting consultation from Martin Harper: RSPB members, staff and volunteers are broadly aligned in their views, specifically: the majority are knowledgeable about the issues associated with intensive gamebird shooting, the majority support the conservation principles; any opposition to the approach proposed is more likely to come from the shooting (1%)…