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Encyclopedia > Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is Europe's largest wildlife conservation charity. It has over one million members—that is more than the UK's three main political parties combined. World map showing location of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... Various species of deer are commonly seen wildlife across the Americas and Eurasia. ... Conservation may refer to the following: Conservation ethic in relation to preserving ecosystems Conservationist Conservation movement Conservation ecology Conservation law of physics Conservation of energy Conservation of mass Conservation in genetics Conservation in psychology Prolonging the material integrity of cultural and artistic objects Art conservation Architectural conservation or immovable object... Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck Charity is a term in Christian theology (one of the three theological virtues), meaning loving kindness towards others; it is held to be the ultimate perfection of the human spirit, because it is said to both...


It was founded in 1889 in England, initially to stop the use of grebe "fur"— the use of the plumage of the Great Crested Grebe on ladies' clothing to simulate real fur. Great Crested Grebes were close to extinction before the RSPB campaign. 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Genera Podiceps Tachybaptus Podilymbus Aechmophorus Poliocephalus Rollandia Grebes are members of the Podicipediformes, a widely distributed order of freshwater diving birds, some of which visit the sea when migrating and in winter. ... Binomial name Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Great Crested Grebe, Podiceps cristatus, is a member of the grebe family of water birds. ...


Its headquarters are at The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, England. Sandy is a small town in north Bedfordshire, England. ... Bedfordshire is a county in England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity...


As of 2001, the RSPB had 168 bird reserves in the United Kingdom, covering 1,150 km². 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... A nature reserve is an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. ...


The RSPB is a registered charity. A charitable trust is a trust organized to serve private or public charitable purposes. ...

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List of selected reserves

England

Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity...

B

RSPB Bempton Cliffs is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB, in Yorkshire, England. ... RSPB Berney Marshes is a nature reserve in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). ... RSPB Blacktoft Sands is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB, in Yorkshire, England. ... RSPB Brading Marshes nature reserve is the only RSPB reserve on the Isle of Wight. ... The Isle of Wight is an island off the south coast of England, opposite Southampton popularized from Victorian times as a holiday resort. ... Breydon Water is a large tidal estuary at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England within The Broads National Park, Britains largest protected wetland. ...

C

RSPB Coombes Valley is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB, in Staffordshire, England. ... Coquet Island is a small island of about 6 ha, situated 1. ... Amble is a town in Northumberland, England. ... For other places with this name, see Northumberland (disambiguation) Northumberland is a ceremonial and administrative county in northern England. ...

D

    • RSPB Dungeness, Kent

F

RSPB Fairburn Ings is an RSPB nature reserve at Fairburn Ings in the county of West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England, corresponding roughly to the core of the West Riding of the traditional county of Yorkshire. ...

H

The Halvergate Marshes are situated South of the River Bure in Norfolk, within The Broads National Park. ...

L

RSPB Leighton Moss is a nature reserve in Lancashire, England, in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. ... Silverdale is a small village in Lancashire, near to the border with Cumbria. ...

M

RSPB Minsmere is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB, in Suffolk, England. ...

N

    • RSPB Nene Washes, Cambridgeshire

O

RSPB Ouse Washes is a nature reserve in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England, managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds at Welches Dam. ...

P

RSPB Pulborough Brooks is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB, in West Sussex, England. ...

R

Radipole Lake is a lake on the River Wey in the English coastal town of Weymouth, Dorset. ... Rye House RSPB reserve is a small wetland reserve in the Lea Valley, Hertfordshire, adjacent to the river itself. ...

S

RSPB Sandwell Valley is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB, in Sandwell Valley, on the River Tame in the middle of the urban conurbation between Birmingham and West Bromwich in the West Midlands of England. ... This article is about the city in England. ... RSPB Snettisham is a nature reserve in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, situated in the county of Norfolk, England, north of Kings Lynn, and close to Sandringham. ... RSPB Stour Estuary is a nature reserve in Essex, England, east of Colchester on the estuary of the River Stour, managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, (RSPB). ... RSPB Strumpshaw Fen is a nature reserve in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. ... For alternative meanings see: Norfolk (disambiguation) Norfolk (pronounced NOR-fk) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ...

T

RSPB Titchwell Marsh is a nature reserve on the coast of North Norfolk, England, five miles east of Hunstanton, in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. ... Hunstanton is a large seaside town in Norfolk, England, facing The Wash. ...

Wales

National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ...

C

    • RSPB Carngafallt
    • RSPB Conwy
    • RSPB Cwm Clydach

D

    • RSPB Dee Estuary - Point of Air

G

Grassholm (Welsh: Ynys Gwales) is a tiny, uninhabited island off south west Pembrokeshire in Wales, lying west of Skomer. ...

L

    • RSPB Lake Vyrnwy

M

    • RSPB Mawddach Valley

R

Ramsey Island lies one mile offshore of St Davids in Pembrokeshire, Wales. ...

S

[The Isle of] Anglesey or Anglesea (Welsh: [Ynys] Môn, pronounced as U-niss Mawn, in IPA), is an island and county at the north western extremity of North Wales. ...

V

    • RSPB Valley Wetlands, Anglesey

Y

    • RSPB Ynys-hir

Scotland

Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ... The Loch Garten Osprey Centre is a nature reserve at Boat of Garten in the Abernethy Forest, in the Scottish region of Highland, and in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. ...

Northern Ireland

For an explanation of often confusing terms like Ulster, (Republic of) Ireland, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology). ...

See also

  • Category:RSPB reserves

External link

  • RSPB website

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