One of the world's greatest wildlife spectacles may never be seen again if the path is cleared today for major industrial development on a remote and isolated lake in Africa's Great…
Hopes are rising for one of the world's rarest birds after the discovery of the largest flock seen for more than 100 years. More than 3,000 critically endangered sociable lapwings have…
Rising sea temperatures are driving increasing numbers of Europe's most endangered seabird into UK waters. Around ten per cent of the world population of Balearic shearwaters has visited…
Bitterns - one of Britain's most threatened birds - have started to make a real comeback in the UK but in Kent, they could face problems if plans to expand Lydd Airport are approved.…
Despite summer flooding that badly affected the breeding success of many birds this summer, stone-curlews, Mediterranean gulls and marsh harriers had record breeding seasons at RSPB…
Hopes for a record-breaking breeding season at the RSPB's Broadland reserves were dashed by the summer's relentless rain. Concerns are now mounting over the threat to Broadland wildlife…
Multiple nest sites of one of the UK's rarest bees have been discovered by RSPB Scotland staff and enthusiasts on the Uists, revealing the islands to be the most important habitat in…
Two of Britain's most stunning and vocal birds are increasing their UK numbers while seriously declining throughout the rest of their European range. The latest survey of black-throated…
A wildlife success story could fail within a year if more farmland is cultivated reducing food and shelter for farmland birds, the RSPB is warning. The rare stone-curlew, one of England's…
In the first scientific analysis of its kind anywhere in the world, the RSPB has shown that one example of protecting birds at a continental scale has improved the fortunes of the most…