RSPB UK are celebrating their ‘Feed the Birds Day 2011′ on Saturday 29th October 2011, and are asking you to round up your leftovers and join them this weekend. With the clocks going back, Autumn will be truly upon us, and now is the perfect time to leave extra food and water for our fine feathered friends as the cold snap returns.
RSPB charity officials will be giving more evidence today to support their claim that the prosed expansion of Lydd Airport in Kent will be putting one of the UK’s most important wildlife habitats under threat. The public enquiry will be reconvening today, Tuesday 6th September 2011, after a break in proceedings during the summer. The RSPB representative will offering new ornithological evidence to the panel which will hopefully put a halt to the unnecessary expansion.
RSPB UK are dumbfounded by the shock news that a gamekeeper has been found guilty of the illegal trapping on killing of birds of prey at the Upper Derwent Valley estate in Derbeyshire. Glenn Brown has now been convicted of seven offences under the Countryside and Wildlife Act 1981, and has been sentenced to 100 hours community service and pay £10,000 in costs.
The RSPB UK’s ‘Make Your Nature Count’ wildlife survey has shown a number of unexpected results since it kicked off. This nationwide stock take allows the RSPB to tap in to the British public’s findings about the creatures that visit their gardens across the UK at this time of year. The most surprising statistic of all is that more than half of the people who have participated have seen bats in their garden, which is a new occurrence.
RSPB UK scientists are estimating that over 300,000 sea birds are dying per year due to the global impact of longline fisheries. The study, which was carried out alongside scientists from BirdLife International and will be published in the Endangered Species Research journal is a huge warning sign that there is still a long way to go to ensure responsible fishing globally.
The RSPB gift shop are currently offering £5 off all their 12.75kg sacks of bird seed and seed mixes (excluding peanuts) when you order online before the end of Tuesday 7th June 2011. This is great news for all you budding ornithologists out there, as with the summer just round the corner, your garden could be hosting some of the countries most beautiful birds this summer.
The RSPB charity will be in the Selfridges store this weekend to help take part in Project Ocean, a marine conservation campaign organised by the Zoological Society London and the shop themselves. The Project Ocean ethos is to help raise public awareness of marine conservation, and designer Katherine Hamnett has created an amazing selection of men’s and women’s t shirts to commemorate the occasion.
The RSPB Shop is now offering a half price 5.5kg bag of sunflower mix for all customers who spend over £30, great news for all you budding birdwatchers out there! With Spring well and truly sprung, now is a great time to check out all the colours and vibrancy that your garden has to offer, and what better way to attract a wide selection of out feathered friends than a big bag of no mess bird seed.
The RSPB shop has a wonderful discount offer running from between 23rd February to the 8th March 2011. RSPB charity is offering a 20 per cent discount on 12.75Kg sacks of bird seed and seed mixes (excluding peanuts).
All RSPB bird food and wild bird seed blends are carefully selected, premium quality products with no filler ingredients, meaning more of the food is eaten by the birds in your garden and there is less waste and mess.
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