Perched upright on a weathered stump, a small brown Wren tilts its head back mid-call against a soft golden backdrop, alert and vocal.
Many MPs claim to care about nature.
Tomorrow afternoon will be the test.
On Tuesday 3rd March there will be a debate in Parliament on red lines for nature.
We’ll be watching to see who shows up. Empty seats will say a lot.
Tell us who you expect to see there tomorrow. 👇
A Westminster Hall debate on nature has been announced for tomorrow.
Urge your MP to show up and speak out.
Let’s make this a turning point so we can put nature at the heart of politics 👇
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The Prime Minister is backing recommendations that could strip away vital nature protections and leave some of our most important wild places exposed to damaging development.
Speak up and help stop this rollback before it starts 👇
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The more people engage to save nature, the more we can do together to protect birds and other wildlife.
The RACE Report highlights the need for greater representation in environmental action 👇
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If you care about nature, fairness, food security, flood resilience, or the future economy - this matters to you.
IPBES 12 wasn’t just a meeting.
It was a reset. Let’s make it count!
And we will keep advocating to our governments to take nature seriously, bringing it into policy decisions to enable and incentivise action.
Now’s the time to act.
Now comes the hard part: turning the assessment into action.
The RSPB will keep working with partners to give them the confidence to act. We help turn ambition into real-world impact across our land, sea and skies, building resilient landscapes and creating a future where nature and people thrive.
Across the whole week in Manchester, one theme kept resurfacing:
Thriving nature = thriving communities = a stronger, safer economy.
If we invest in ecosystems, we invest in our own security and wellbeing.
That’s not ideology, that’s a fact backed by evidence.
Now, this couldn’t come at a more important moment.
New national standards for business nature reporting are being built and IPBES-12 underlined that nature must sit alongside climate in these frameworks.
You can’t hit net zero if your peatlands, wetlands and other ecosystems are degraded.
The RSPB team was proud to be a part of this process, bringing science from UK landscapes and practical lessons from decades of conservation work and business engagement.
And we strengthened alliances across research, finance, civil society and industry.
Businesses at IPBES-12 said they want fairness and certainty.
That means sharing resources, and governments creating conditions that enable and incentivise action.
But what does the new global assessment actually do?
It shows:
• how dependent businesses are on nature
• how decisions in the boardroom impact ecosystems
• How we can move from ambition to practical action
Our own Executive Director of Global Conservation, Katie-Jo Luxton, summed it up perfectly when speaking:
“Work with nature, not against it. That’s how governments and businesses build resilience and long-term prosperity.”
And the evidence backs it.
The message that echoed through the week?
Nature isn’t optional.
It’s the foundation of everything: flood protection, food security, stable supply chains.
But too often we treat it like a ‘nice-to-have’ - something we can ignore until something goes wrong.
That mindset is shifting.
Great news: governments from across the world signed off the first-ever global Business & Biodiversity Assessment at IPBES-12 in Manchester last week.
This is a milestone moment.
It makes it clear that businesses have a major role in delivering transformative change for nature and people 🧵
We hit up the Oxford Real Farming Conference to meet farmers, campaigners, researchers and more, and ask them why nature and farming go hand-in-hand. 👇
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BREAKING: A Gamekeeper has pleaded guilty in England’s first-ever Hen Harrier persecution case.
Covert video and audio gathered lawfully by the RSPB Investigations team has helped expose the deliberate targeting of a Hen Harrier, leading to a landmark guilty plea:
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What a win for nature!
Scotland is the first UK country to have Swift bricks in law – a lifeline for this threatened bird. And, for the first time ever, the Scottish Government must set legally binding nature recovery targets.
Thanks for helping make history with a strong Natural Environment Bill.
Group smiling and holding up their signs and bird puppets outside Scottish Parliament
Close up of sign which reads 'Swifties for Swift Bricks!' with a picture of Taylor Swift
Three members of RSPB staff stand together smiling holding a Curlew puppet, a Puffin puppet and a Swift puppet
Swift puppet next to Scottish parliament entrance
Today we raised our voices outside Scottish Parliament in one last push to ensure politicians stand up for Scotland's nature.
The Natural Environment Bill could be a game-changer - introducing nature targets and Swift bricks. The final debate starts today, we hope to see major wins for wildlife.
We know what needs to be done to help nature recover – what we need is the UK Government to take positive action now – for the sake of nature – and of our futures.
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Climate impacts now affect every coastal and marine habitat.
Overgrazing, polluted water and rising wildlife disease are adding relentless pressure.
If nature underpins stability, food security and wellbeing, this level of decline is indefensible.
The assessment shows that the UK Government is failing to slow biodiversity loss and consistently falling short of taking the actions needed to drive nature’s recovery, while instead seeking to weaken the protections that currently exist.
This isn’t good enough.
A country cannot be secure if its natural systems are collapsing.
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A National Security Assessment highlighted nature as a national security risk earlier this week.
Yet yesterday’s Habitats Regulations report shows many of England’s most important habitats are rapidly declining.
Just 3% are in good condition.
And half are in an unfavourable and worsening state 🧵
This is just another test of our governments’ commitments to put nature at the heart of policy.
So far, it’s not looking good.
Your voices have made this a national issue - and that matters.
We’ll keep pushing for energy solutions that protect nature, as well as climate.
62% of Scotland’s seabird species are already in decline.
Berwick Bank could now push some toward local and even national extinction, supported with public money.
Yes, offshore wind is essential for tackling climate change.
But clean energy shouldn’t come with a body count.
We should be working towards lower-impact sites that can deliver the same energy without wiping out wildlife.
We don’t have to choose between climate action and living seabirds.
Berwick Bank could be one of the deadliest wind farms in the world for seabirds.
In its first year, scientists predict it could kill:
• 2,808 Guillemots
• 815 Kittiwakes
• 261 Gannets
• 154 Razorbills
• 66 Puffins
That’s 4,000+ birds before year two, and tens of thousands over its lifetime.
Thank you to the 7,000+ people across the UK who stood with us against public money for Berwick Bank.
This decision is a blow to our seabirds and to a truly sustainable energy future.
Your voices matter. Together, we’ll keep fighting for solutions that protect nature and the climate. 🧵
Packed house at Oxford Farming Conference today - and no wonder.
Farmers shared powerful, real‑world stories of nature‑restoring agriculture delivering hope, resilience and better livelihoods.
Proof that farming working with nature just makes sense.
