Overall farmland bird populations in England fell by 5 per cent last year to their lowest level for 40 years, according to official figures released today (July 29, 2010).

Defra have asked for your views on its new natural environment White Paper

OK so birds don't like ice cream.But what some of the visiting birds raising their young in the UK this summer would love, are your empty ice cream or margarine tubs.The tubs make ideal homes for breeding house martins when theirs are damaged by the weather, says the RSPB.

WREN is backing the RSPB's work to bring nature back to Oxfordshire.

The Pearl-Bordered Fritillary, one of the UK's rarest woodland butterflies, has spread its wings again in the woodlands of East Sussex and Kent where it previously became extinct. A pioneering conservation project by the Forestry Commission, Butterfly Conservation and the RSPB is helping to secure the future of this woodland butterfly.

Wildlife enthusiasts are celebrating this week as the rare little bittern successfully nests at the RSPB's Ham Wall nature reserve in Somerset. This is only the second confirmed breeding of the bird in the UK, the first being in Yorkshire in 1984.

Players from Super League's Castleford Tigers are helping to save the Sumatran tiger by signing our Letter to the Future, which aims to safeguard the environment for future generations.

Report reveals crime continues to have a serious impact on bird of prey populations in Scotland

London's swifts are in decline, help us record sightings with the GLA

Time is running out for bird of prey fans to visit the young peregrines at Dove Stone reservoir, near Oldham.

Farmers are being asked to help scientists work out why turtle doves are disappearing from our countryside.

Vaseline, chilli and plastic bottles wouldn't usually be associated with feeding garden birds.But such household items could ensure that the intended wild visitors enjoy your hospitality.

Wild Place Your Space is a new RSPB partnership project to encourage east Londoners to discover nature on their doorstep.

A recent spate of fires on heathland in Surrey and Berkshire has led to renewed warnings by the RSPB about the need to protect this rare habitat.

Published today by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the 2009 UK Breeding Bird Survey reveals continued declines of cuckoo in south west England.