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Lapwing chick Flock of golen plover Spotted flycatcher close up
Our work

Conservation

Our valuable conservation work includes ensuring work on our nature reserves is supported in the wider countryside, offering advice and helping individual species. More...

Farming

We work closely with the farming industry and provide land management advice. Our scientists research ways to help farmland birds. More...

Policy making

We base our policies and actions on the best scientific knowledge available to ensure our actions will benefit birds and other wildlife. More...

Reserves

RSPB nature reserves are great places to see birds and other wildlife in some of the most beautiful parts of the country. More...

Science

The knowledge gained from our research into birds and other wildlife allows us to set conservation priorities and help species with an unfavourable status. More...

Project updates

Forest of Bowland

The Forest of Bowland is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) stretching through Lancashire and into Yorkshire. It plays a vital role for many special upland birds - from graceful hen harriers to earth-probing curlews - birds that are in serious decline in other parts of the UK.

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Latest documents

2008 Final Lindsay and Freeman Peatland Report

3.72Mb, PDF

2008 Final Lindsay and Freeman Peatland Report - Executive Summary

195Kb, PDF

Birds of prey in the UK: on a wing and a prayer

959Kb, PDF

Birds of prey in the UK: on a wing and a prayer has been produced collaboratively by 26 organisations. It highlights the value and importance of birds of prey in the UK and the conservation success story they represent.

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About the RSPB

The RSPB speaks out for birds and wildlife, tackling the problems that threaten our environment. We rely upon memberships and donations to fund our work. Nature is amazing - help us keep it that way. More...

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Latest news

Don't use your loaf!

We’ve all emptied a bag of old crusts onto our lawn but the RSPB is encouraging wildlife lovers to think of other alternatives to bread for feeding birds.

Eggs-actly what we hoped for!

A pair of rare hen harriers is incubating six eggs at a nest site in Northumberland’s North Tynedale, the RSPB and Forestry Commission announced today (7 May 2008).

National Ethical Investment Week

As a supporter of green and ethical investment, the RSPB is supporting National Ethical Investment Week 2008.

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Last published: 21/09/2007 11:55:24
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Fluffy lapwing chick - Steve Round
Flock of golen plover - Richard Bedford
Spotted flycatcher close up - Nigel Blake