RSPB News

• Ready, Steady, Feed!: RSPB Cymru issues cold weather warning
  After weeks of calls reporting wildlife enjoying 'balmy' weather, RSPB Cymru is now braced for more traditional winter enquiries and is urging the public to provide food, water and shelter for garden birds.
• The search begins to find 2012's most wildlife friendly farmer in Wales
  The RSPB has launched its annual search to find the farmer that does the most for nature.
• Government's reform of environmental management must restore nature, says RSPB Cymru
  SPB Cymru is issuing a challenge to the Welsh Government to ensure that its new approach to environmental management as set out in its Green Paper - Sustaining a Living Wales will improve the delivery of nature conservation to halt and reverse the declines in Wales' wildlife.
• Use the extra day in this leap year to volunteer and help save wildlife, says RSPB Cymru
  With 2012 being a leap year RSPB Cymru is asking people to make it their New Year's resolution to donate the extra day to help save wildlife.
• Pear trees not just for partridges, says RSPB Cymru
  You may find yourself humming the classic Christmas line about a partridge in a pear tree this festive season, but pear trees can be a great gift for all sorts of other wildlife too, says RSPB Cymru.
• Deck the halls with boughs of holly : But leave some for wildlife, says RSPB Cymru
  It's an age-old tradition - using fresh holly branches to adorn your table and give your home a festive look - but conservationists are warning that using too much could leave wildlife out in the cold this winter.
• Stamp out albatross slaughter this Christmas, urges RSPB Cymru
  Help stamp out threats to albatrosses during the season of goodwill, that's the festive plea from RSPB Cymru, which is asking people to help raise funds to protect the threatened birds by saving up the stamps from their Christmas post.
• DON'T PANDER TO THE WESTMINSTER "GROWTH AT ALL COSTS" AGENDA
  Environmental organisations are deeply concerned that plans for a new M4 relief road may be back. They call on the Welsh Government not to be railroaded by the Westminster agenda and drop the damaging scheme once and for all, especially when there are so many sustainable alternatives now being considered.
• New environment body must champion nature says RSPB Cymru
  RSPB Cymru cautiously welcomes the three-way merger of Forestry Commission Wales (FCW), Environment Agency Wales (EAW) and Countryside Council for Wales (CCW).
• Local wonder woman receives award for five years of volunteering
  Cynthia Lawrence from Trefonen, near Oswestry, has received the RSPB's five year Swallow badge for volunteering at RSPB Lake Vyrnwy.
• Rude winter awakening for wildlife : Ice and snow predictions bad news for garden birds, says RSPB Cymru
  RSPB Cymru is warning that we're not the only ones that will have a shock in store once 'winter' as we know it, finally arrives with a vengeance this week.
• Opening of track at Lodge Farm at RSPB Ynys-hir
  Essential work has been carried out at RSPB Ynys-hir nature reserve to improve access for conservation purposes, thanks to funding from Carillion plc.