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Posted by admin on February 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Wildlife Minister Huw Irranca Davies has accepted a petition signed by more 200,000 people and many organisations demanding an end to the killing of birds of prey.
The petition is the largest ever collected by the RSPB.
Dr Mark Avery, the RSPB’s Director of Conservation, handed the petition to the Minister in front of a giant mosaic [...]
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Posted by admin on October 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The unusually dry September experienced in many parts of the country may be causing trouble for our garden birds this winter, according to the RSPB.
The dry weather has produced a bumper crop of berries, providing one great food source for garden birds. But the accompanying parched, hard earth has forced worms and other grubs deep [...]
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Posted by admin on September 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The RSPB is taking part in a global bid to try to confirm the continued existence of 47 species of bird that have not been seen for up to 184 years.
Organised by BirdLife International the search will span many countries and continents to seek out rare birds.
The RSPB is the UK partner in the global [...]
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Posted by admin on July 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
With the help of special machinery – and a grant of nearly £50,000 – avocets have been given the best possible chance to breed again in one of their favourite spots on the Humber.
Filed under Birds, Featured · Tagged with Autumn, Avocet, Avocets, Banks, Birds, Brighter Future, Chick, Climate Change, Coastal Islands, Coasts, Crane Barge, Digger, Hectares, Pipes, Pools, River Humber, Rspb, Rspb Images, Safe Haven, Saline Lagoon, Special Machinery, Spring Conditions, Tides
Posted by admin on June 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment
For the first time since 1832, the Great Bustard – one of Europe’s most threatened birds – has nested in the UK with two females successfully hatching chicks. This milestone has been greeted with euphoria by the team striving for several years to bring back the world’s heaviest flying bird to the UK.
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Posted by admin on June 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A report published this week by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee has revealed major declines in many UK seabirds since the late 1960s.
The report by JNCC – using information from the UK’s Seabird Monitoring Programme – reveals that the UK populations of at least nine of the UK’s 25 species seabird have decreased dramatically.
Since 2000:
the [...]
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Posted by admin on June 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A Lake District osprey born at the nest on the east side of Bassenthwaite Lake, near Keswick, two years ago has been spotted at Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve, near Carnforth in Lancashire.
It is a momentous event in the history of the Lakeland ospreys, as it is the first of the 16 chicks raised in [...]
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Posted by admin on April 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Lake District Osprey Project confirmed this week that the famous fish-eating birds of prey have returned to their nest near Bassenthwaite Lake .
Staff and volunteers from the Project had been eagerly awaiting the return of the popular birds from Africa where they spend the winter months.
Bill Kenmir of the Lake District Osprey Project said: [...]
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Posted by admin on March 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The RSPB wants to know what crawls, slithers, scuttles, flutters and flies in your garden with its new spring survey.
Make Your Nature Count is being launched by the RSPB on 8-14 June 2009 and is a one-hour nature count of gardens.
The RSPB wants to know exactly what nature gets up to over the spring. Not [...]
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Posted by admin on December 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment
2009 sees the 30th birthday of the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, the world’s biggest bird survey, providing a vital snapshot of the UK’s birds each winter.
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