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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.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.
As of 2001, the RSPB had 168 bird reserves in the United Kingdom, covering 1,150 km˛.
The RSPB is a registered charity.
1 List of selected reserves
- England
- RSPB The Lodge , Bedfordshire
- RSPB Sandwell Valley, Birmingham
- RSPB Nene Washes , Cambridgeshire
- RSPB Ouse Washes, Cambridgeshire
- RSPB Radipole Lake, Dorset
- RSPB Rye House MarshRye House RSPB reserve is a small wetland reserve in the Lea Valley, Hertfordshire, adjacent to the river itself. It is managed by the RSPB. Given that it is situated in a largely urban area, it is unsurprising that it is used largely for educational visi, Hertfordshire
- RSPB Dungeness , Kent
- RSPB Leighton MossRSPB Leighton Moss is a nature reserve in Lancashire, England, in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. It is situated at Silverdale near Carnforth, on the edge of Morecambe Bay. It consists mainly of reedbeds, lagoons and woodland, a, Silverdale , Lancashire
- RSPB Strumpshaw FenRSPB Strumpshaw Fen is a nature reserve in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. It is situated at Strumpshaw Fen, a fen on the River Yare in Norfolk, England. It is one of the few breeding sites in Great Britain of the Swallowtail Bu, Norfolk
- RSPB Berney MarshesRSPB Berney Marshes is a nature reserve in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). It is situated south of the River Bure in Norfolk, England, within The Broads National Park. It is part of the Halvergate Marshes. 64 km˛ of mainl, Norfolk
- RSPB Brading MarshesRSPB Brading Marshes nature reserve is the only RSPB reserve on the Isle of Wight. Situated on the east coast of the Island, behind Bembridge Harbour, it was acquired in 2001 and is a mix of lagoons and ditches, reed beds and meadows, with a fringe of anc, Isle of WightThe Isle of Wight is an island off the south coast of England opposite Southampton. Colloquially, it is known as 'The Island' by residents. Its population was 132,731 in the 2001 census (and 126,600 in 1991). The Island has a single MP (currently Andrew T
- Breydon Water, Norfolk
- Halvergate Marshes, Norfolk
- RSPB Snettisham, Norfolk
- RSPB Titchwell Marsh, Hunstanton, Norfolk
- Coquet Island, off Amble, Northumberland
- RSPB Coombes Valley, Staffordshire
- RSPB Havergate Island , Suffolk
- RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk
- RSPB Stour Estuary, Suffolk
- RSPB Pulborough Brooks , West Sussex
- RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire
- RSPB Blacktoft Sands, Yorkshire
- RSPB Fairburn Ings, West Yorkshire
- Wales
- RSPB Carngafallt
- RSPB Conwy
- RSPB Cwm Clydach
- RSPB Dee Estuary - Point of Air
- Grassholm
- RSPB Gwenffrwd & Dinas
- RSPB Lake Vyrnwy
- RSPB Mawddach Valley
- Ramsey Island
- RSPB South Stack, Anglesey
- RSPB Valley Wetlands , Anglesey
- RSPB Ynys-hir
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
