Sentences with phrase «as rspb»

Soon however, they will head out into the North Sea and beyond, as RSPB Scotland's Loch of Strathbeg reserve manager, Dominic Funnell, explains:

To understand the Hen Harrier species» genetic make - up is of extreme importance to its future and will help aid the national conservation efforts such as the RSPB's Hen Harrier LIFE project.

Not exact matches

Founded around the same time as Mass Audubon, the RSPB is one of the largest conservation organizations in the world.

Alan Jarrett, Chairman of BASC said: «I welcome the RSPB and scientists» endorsement of pest control as a key action that benefits species, many of which are already of conservation concern, and which could further suffer from climate change.

A Natural England report commissioned from organisations including the RSPB, has suggested pest control such as the «killing of foxes» as one of several «key adaptation actions» to assist «priority species».

This showed that horns were most likely in conspicuous species — those living in open habitats and large enough to be clearly visible to predators — suggesting that they evolved as defensive weapons (Proceedings of the Royal Society B, DOI: 10.1098 / rspb.2009.1256).

The RSPB hires graduates to work on nature reserves as wardens, or as fund - raisers and policy - makers.

The study, which involved collaboration with British Trust for Ornithology, Aberystwyth University and the University of Leeds and part - funded by the RSPB, showed that the humble crane fly, more commonly known as «daddy longlegs», is a crucial link in determining the impact of climate change on these peatland bird species.

«Large - scale peatland restoration projects such as the Sustainable Catchment Management Project run by United Utilities and RSPB are crucial in helping to make our blanket bogs resilient to climate change.»

It uses some of the same long - term data as the climate change report and as a «collective statement of both governmental and non-governmental organizations... [it] presents a more accurate picture» of where birds stand, says Mark Eaton, a conservation scientist for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in Sandy, U.K.

RSPB Rainham Marshes in Essex, once used by the Ministry of Defense as a rifle range in both World Wars, is one of the few remaining ancient grassland and grazing marshes in the UK.

The BBC make the link between the decline and global warming by asking the RSPB — which is about as «scientific» as asking someone from the oil industry for their opinion.

«We believe the involvement of the RSPB as one of the world's foremost conservation organisations will appeal to organisations with a strong sense of environmental and social integrity, as well as those whose products or services impact on the world's forests.»

The BBC's wholly uncritical «news» story (which is actually just an excuse to flag up its perennial Springwatch tv series, which this year features «nature does you good» as one of its themes) draws on «research» by Natural England, the RSPB, journalists, celebrities and various other experts in the field to prove its point.

The RSPB — supposed guardians of Britain's birdlife — makes hundreds of thousands of pounds in partnership with the wind industry, despite the fact that wind turbines around the world kill as many as 22 million birds every year, including rare and protected species such as America's national bird the Bald Eagle, Whooping Cranes and Hen Harriers.

The RSPB have recently backed wind farms as long as they are properly sited, and recommended a spatial planning approach as used elsewhere in the EU.

My photographs have appeared in various books, Birding World, Birdwatch, the national press and many local birding publications, as well as information panels for the RSPB and other nature reserves.

A 5 - star luxury wildlife hotel is easier to make than you think and, chances are, you'll have most of the material lying around your home and garden (follow the RSPB's guide here) or piling up rock and rotting wood will work just as well.