If implemented in its current form, Part 3 of the UK Government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill would see a weakening of ...

The Chancellor has committed to spending £2 billion a year on nature-friendly farming, and £400 million to plant trees and ...

As the film so vividly demonstrates, our ocean has an extraordinary ability to bounce back to life – if we let it. Often all ...

This is the highest number to be counted in recent memory, after the bird faced extinction from Northern Ireland in the 1990’s. Once widespread across the countryside, the Corncrake has been driven to ...

The RSPB helps to organise several nationally important surveys which record population changes in hundreds of UK bird species. These programmes are mainly run in partnership with the BTO and JNCC. By ...

You might be surprised to learn that most of the UK’s unique biodiversity isn’t here within our home shores – most of it is on the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs). The RSPB has a long history of ...

A new marine conservation project has launched at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire, making it the first official ‘Shorewatch’ site in England. The new initiative – a partnership between the RSPB ...

The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth. In their election manifesto, the UK Government showed signs they were willing to turn it around. They recognised that the nature and ...

Today the UK Government announced proposals to extend the ban on bottom trawling as part of the Marine Protected Areas Stage 3 Consultation.. Kirsten Carter, the RSPB’s head of UK marine policy, said: ...

On Sunday 8 June 2025, the RSPB celebrated its annual President’s Awards – a recognition of volunteers who have gone above and beyond to help to save nature. The President’s Awards have been running ...

We are deeply concerned about the UK Government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill and together with other experts and NGOs, have warned that the Bill would be a regression of environmental ...

Volunteers’ Week 2025 runs from 2 to 8 June. It’s a special time in the RSPB calendar as we thank all our many volunteers, and shine a light on the many ways in which they are making a difference for ...