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Winter/Spring 2025 Issue

Click the button below to read your page turning flipbook of The RSPB Magazine (print edition) on the issuu website. There, you'll also be able to download the magazine as a PDF. Or you can make the most of the digital magazine by choosing the stories below. Clicking the pictures and headlines will take you to each story, many of which include videos to watch, audio clips to listen to, or interactive features such as clickable maps.

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The RSPB Magazine Winter/Spring 2025 with flying spoonbill on the cover

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A close-up of a Red Kite with a blueish-white head, yellow eye and beak and ruddy body. The Red Kite has its mouth open and looks astonished.
This seasonSights of the season

Red Kite: The comeback kid

The soaring Red Kite was nearly lost from our skies in the beginning of the…
Lapwing nest at Old Moor.
Action for natureRoundup

RSPB news roundup (winter/spring 2025)

A round up of winter/spring 2025 news including a Lapwing boost, influx of waterbirds, Peregrines…
Three new book releases stacked in a row.
Your benefitsBookshelf

New reads for winter/spring 2025

Discover three new books coming out this season, all available at RSPBshop.co.uk
RSPB Forsinard Flows.
Action for natureCEO: Beccy Speight

The balancing act of protecting nature

CEO Beccy Speight talks RSPB Forsinard Flows' new UNESCO status and the Big Garden Birdwatch
A Chiffchaff rests on a blade of grass against a golden background.
Your benefitsGreat days out

Events and reserves to visit in Winter/Spring 2025

Goose Walk at RSPB Loch Lomond, attend a Spring Migration webinar, bring non-members to nature…
Wet day, wet Jay
Your viewsYour photos

Your photos – winter/spring 2025

Readers share their photographs of birds and other wildlife. Send us your snaps!
Redshank flying
Action for natureRoundup

Results of Redshank breeding survey

Redshank breeding pairs are recovering on the Humber Estuary and north Norfolk
Nature writer and broadcaster Tony Soper smiles in front of an icy landscape.
Action for natureRoundup

Remembering an icon: Tony Soper

Celebrating the life and work of nature writer and broadcaster Tony Soper
Slender-billed Curlew
Action for natureRoundup

Slender-billed Curlew extinction confirmed by scientists

The last irrefutable sighting of the bird was in 1995; study shows a 99.6% chance…
Portraits of RSPB founders Etta Lemon, Emily Williamson and Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck
This seasonNature notes

Legendary women in conservation science

Nicola Chester celebrates the many women who have made sterling contributions to conservation science
Saiga Antelope
Action for natureRoundup

Kazakhstan project wins prestigious Earthshot Prize

The initiative benefits wildlife such as the Saiga Antelope
People planting reed seedlings
Action for natureIn depth

Revise and refocus: How the RSPB is changing

The RSPB is making some changes to build a brighter future for nature and humans