Nature 'wins' shows there's hope, says RSPB

Conservation successes from restoring native woodlands to saving seabirds and extending habitats have delivered wins for nature, the RSPB said.

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The conservation charity is marking the new year with some of its highlights over the past 25 years, boosting the fortunes of threatened species from bitterns to field crickets, fen raft spiders and cranes.

It is pointing to landscape-scale work to restore habitats that provide homes for wildlife, including more than 19 square miles of uplands in the Pennines to expanding Caledonian woodland in the Cairngorms and restoring wetland and salt-marshes for waterbirds.

The charity warns that nature remains threatened by climate change, intensive agriculture, inappropriate development, habitat loss and inaction from successive governments.

But the wins show there is hope for wildlife, the charity said.