The Latest Breaking News from RSPB

Weatherwatch: wildfires driven by global heating destroy UK bird habitats

Hot and dry summer created conditions for fires in Scotland and England that tore through vital wildlife areas

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21

Could a golf 'cluster' in the Highlands benefit Scotland 'like Disney in Florida'?

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a golf course on a protected Scottish beach could generate millions for the Highland economy while helping to combat…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 13

‘Death-defying’ sea eagle with broken wing spotted soaring over Scottish skies

Kinky was not expected to survive after he broke his wing as a chick in 2023

The Independent UK · Sep 4

Britain’s rarest bird successfully rears six chicks in secret location

The species was placed on the ‘red list’ of birds most at risk in 2021

The Independent UK · Aug 24

New licensing for game shoots could stop poisoning of birds of prey

Scheme planned for England could also curtail tradition of releasing pheasants for people to pay to shoot

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23

How Diclofenac Nearly Drove India's Vultures to Extinction, and What the Recovery Programme Has Actually Achieved

The drug that emptied the skyThrough the 1990s, vulture populations across South Asia fell off a cliff so steeply that ornithologists initially suspected a new disease. The Gyps vulture, the genus that includes the white-rumped, long-billed, and slender-billed species, had been among the most numerous large raptors on earth. Surveys…

Times Life · Aug 20

Emergency crews leave Cairngorms wildfire site five weeks after blaze started

FIREFIGHTERS have completed work to tackle the Cairngorms wildfire nearly five weeks after it began.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 18

Firefighters leave scene of Cairngorms wildfire after nearly five weeks

SFRS crews left the scene on Monday and handed the final affected area over to the RSPB.

Evening Standard · Aug 18

In the 1980s, ferrets were released on Northern Ireland’s Rathlin Island to control rabbits; decades later, they threatened seabirds at a colony of more than 250,000 birds

Ferrets introduced in the 1980s to control rabbits became a significant threat to Rathlin Island's seabirds. Conservationists launched a five-year project to remove these invasive predators from the island. Using advanced techniques, teams worked to eradicate ferrets and brown rats from the island. Rathlin Island was declared ferret-free in March…

The Times of India · Aug 17

Gen Z flocks to BirdTok as birding takes flight: ‘It’s a craving for something real’

Social media and Shazam-like birdsong apps drawing young people to hobby as they seek a gentler connection to the outside world

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15