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The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a charitable organisation registered in England and Wales [1] and in Scotland. [2] It was founded in 1889. It works to promote conservation and protection of birds and the wider environment through public awareness campaigns, petitions and through the operation of nature reserves throughout the United Kingdom.
As a child, Lawton was a member of the Young Ornithologists' Club, [1] and later helped run the RSPB Members' Group in York. [1] In his youth, he volunteered for the RSPB's Operation Osprey at Loch Garten. [1]
RSPB is a member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India [4] and fields the Railways cricket team in domestic cricket competitions such as the Ranji Trophy. [2] The RSPB is an associate member of the All India Football Federation and fields the Railways football team in Santosh Trophy. It is also an associate of the Badminton Association ...
Margaretta "Etta" Louisa Lemon MBE (née Smith; 22 November 1860 – 8 July 1953) was an English bird conservationist and a founding member of what is now the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
Robert Ernest 'Bob' Scott (11 May 1938 – 26 March 2009) was a British ornithologist and Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) staff member. He worked for the RSPB for close to 40 years, beginning as a warden and eventually becoming head of Reserves Management. [1]
Ormerod was previously chair of the RSPB's Advisory Committee for Wales and is a former president of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management. [5] and has been a member of the councils of the Freshwater Biological Association, the Countryside Council for Wales, the Rivers' Trust and the British Trust for Ornithology. [5]
Her RSPB obituary notes that the original register of members of 15 November 1889, handwritten by Hannah Poland, was left to the RSPB by her son when she died. In 1905 she became the first Honorary Member of the RSPB “In recognition of her work for the cause of bird protection in the early days”.
In 2012, the RSPB had over a million members, including over 195,000 youth members, as well as 18,000 volunteers assisting on 200 nature reserves covering almost 130,000 hectares, home to 80% of the UK's rarest or most threatened bird species. [12] There is no known picture of Phillips and no known residence remains. [6]