Sentences with phrase «by rspb»

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.

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From a joint letter to the Telegraph opposing plans for a new airport in the Thames Estuary, signed by Christian Aid, Cafod, RSPB, Friends of the Earth, Tearfund, WWF, Greenpeace UK, World Development Movement, Portsmouth Climate Action Network, Airport Watch, Swindon Climate Action Network, Plantlife, Artists Project Earth, UK Youth Climate Coalition, Surfers Against Sewage, Climate Alliance — January 2012

The event, which is free to attend, will feature talks by Dr Pat Thompson, RSPB Uplands Conservation Officer, and Dennis Hailes from BASC insurance brokers, Marsh.

They found that four species had shrunk by up to 4 per cent in 100 years (Proceedings of the Royal Society B, DOI: 10.1098 / rspb.2009.1011).

«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.»

The reintroduction programme is an experiment run by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and the RSPB.

By combining the two methods, they were able to produce maps showing where turtles go after hatching (Proceedings of the Royal Society B, DOI: 10.1098 / rspb.2013.1468).

The scheme is supported by Gratnells, manufacturers and marketers of a wide range of storage systems, who launched a competition that would see schools win a deep tray full of bird food, in addition to three extra trays to mix the food in, alongside some RSPB worksheets.

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.

«Despite the large numbers of birds killed, there is no scientific evidence that predation by cats in gardens is having any impact on bird populations UK - wide,» explains an article on the RSPB website.

A study undertaken on behalf (or by) of the RSPB attributing the decline to global warming would have to have been completed exceptionally quickly.

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.

Started in 2012, the Project is being managed by the Gola Rainforest Conservation not - for - profit company, founded by three partner organisations — the Government of Sierra Leone, the RSPB and The Conservation Society of Sierra Leone (CSSL) and local communities.

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.

That problem — * exasperated sigh * — is this: if the RSPB is really concerned about the potential disturbance to wildlife of a few noisy lorries and drill rigs (which, let's not forget, are only up for a short period, after which they are replaced by a silent extraction device called a Christmas tree), how come it's so cheerfully complacent about the epic numbers of rare birds and protected bats which are sliced and diced (or, in the case of bats, barotraumatised — i.e. made to implode) by the industrial wind turbines which the RSPB not only champions but from which it benefits financially.

Hence the new study by researchers from the RSPB and BTO, which was just hailed by The Guardian in these terms: «Windfarms do not cause long - term damage to bird populations, study finds» (1).

Luckily, those bats are only likely to be in - flight around dawn and dusk at wind speeds between 2 and 5 meters per second — so Ecotricity and RSPB implemented a mitigation plan by which the turbine is shut off for half an hour before and after dusk, whenever wind speeds are below 7 meters per second.

In the case of ruddy ducks, the RSPB supports eradication — typically by hunting.

A controversial Scottish offshore wind farm that was almost derailed by a fierce legal battle with the RSPB has been bought by EDF.

Anne McCall, director of RSPB Scotland, said the charity is «extremely disappointed by the Supreme Court's decision.

The RSPB has already delayed the project by two and a half years, during which time it could have displaced approximately one million tonnes of CO2, making a very significant contribution to the Scottish and UK governments» energy and climate targets.»

This landscape, jointly managed by the National Trust and RSPB, is special because of the diverse wildlife that thrives here.