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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Conservation charity
Foondit1889 (1889)
HeidquartersThe Lodge, Sandy,
Bedfordshire, Ingland

Dunedin House,
25 Ravelston Terrace,
Edinburgh, Scotland
Area served
Unitit Kinrick
Key fowk
Steve Ormerod
(Chairman)
Kate Humble
(President)
Dr Mike Clarke
(Chief Executive)[1]
RevenueIncrease £88.28 million GBP (2006)[1]
Increase £69.7 million GBP (2006)[1]
Decrease £3.68 million GBP (2006)[1]
Nummer o employees
1,545 paid staff[1]
12,750 volunteers[1]
Wabsteidhttp://www.rspb.org.uk/

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a charitable organisation catalogued in Ingland an Wales[3] an in Scotland.[4] It wirks tae promuive conservation an pertection o birds an the wider environment throu public awareness campaigns, peteetions an throu the operation o naitur reserves ootthrough the Unitit Kinrick.[5]

The RSPB haes 2,000 employees, 17,600 volunteers an mair nor 1 million memmers (includin 150,000 youth memmers), makkin it the lairgest wildlife conservation charity in Europe.[6] The RSPB haes mony local groups an maintains 200 naitur reserves.[7]

References

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  1. a b c d e f RSPB Annual Report Archived 2007-11-28 at the Wayback Machine, 2005–2006. Retrieved 19 February 2007.
  2. RSPB website
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  4. Template:Scottish charity
  5. "What does the RSPB do?". RSPB. Archived frae the original on 2 Januar 2007. Retrieved 19 Februar 2007. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)"Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 2 Januar 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "About the RSPB". RSPB. Archived frae the original on 25 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 19 Februar 2007. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. "Reserves". RSPB. Archived frae the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 13 Februar 2010. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)