• Consensus on Somerset Levels' future will underpin action on flooding
    The following has been issued by the Somerset Levels and Moors Task Force ... A ‘Vision’ of what the Somerset Levels and Moors might look like in 2030, intended to guide water and land management policies...
  • RSPB position on dredging in the Somerset Levels and Moors
    There was some misreporting on BBC Newsnight last night regarding our position on dredging in the Somerset Levels and Moors. For the record, this is our position. The RSPB manages over 2,000 acres...
  • Finding a more flood resilient future on the Levels for people and wildlife?
    The current floods are causing enormous distress to people living and working in communities such as Muchelney and Moorland, and have resulted in appalling damage to some homes and businesses. And being...
  • New #blog Reversing Curlew Decline - RSPB Harry Paget-Wilkes' Story
    Frightening to think curlews are in such trouble. The UK’s population has halved since the mid-1990s, and this week speakers at a major conference dedicated to reversing the decline tell their curlew...
  • Somerset Levels and Moors Flood Action Plan: Good words must translate into real change
    The RSPB welcomes the publication of the Somerset Levels and Moors Flood Action Plan today. The national wildlife charity, which manages 1750 acres of land in the flood-affected area, has been involved...