Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - wikipedia Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Type Conservation charity Founded 1889 ( 1889 ), Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden, Manchester Headquarters The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, England 2 Lochside View, Edinburgh, Scotland Area served United Kingdom Key people Kevin Cox ( Chairman ) Miranda Krestovnikoff ( President ) Dr Mike Clarke ( Chief Executive ) Revenue £ 88.28 million GBP ( 2006 ) Operating income £ 69.7 million GBP ( 2006 ) Net income £ 3.68 million GBP ( 2006 ) Number of employees 1,545 paid staff 18,750 volunteers Website www.rspb.org.uk The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) is a charitable organisation registered in England and Wales and in Scotland. It was founded as the Plumage League in 1889 by Emily Williamson. 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. The RSPB has over 1,300 employees, 18,000 volunteers and more than a million members ( including 195,000 youth members ), making it the largest wildlife conservation charity in Europe. The RSPB has many local groups and maintains 200 nature reserves. Contents 1 History 2 Activities 2.1 Reserves 2.2 Awards 2.2. 1 RSPB Medal 2.3 Magazines 2.3. 1 Bird Notes 2.3. 1.1 Editors 2.3. 2 Birds 2.3. 3 Nature 's Home 2.4 Junior divisions 2.5 Big Garden Birdwatch 2.6 BirdTrack 3 Finances 4 Advertising 5 Presidents 6 Chief officers 7 Associate organisations 8 See also 9 Notes 10 External links History Plaque at Fletcher Moss Park, Manchester, commemorating the foundation of the RSPB The Plumage League was founded in 1889 by Emily Williamson at her house in Didsbury, Manchester, ( now in Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden ), as a protest group campaigning against the use of great crested grebe and kittiwake skins and feathers in fur clothing. The group gained popularity and eventually amalgamated with the Fur and Feather League in Croydon to form the Society for the Protection of Birds. The Society gained its Royal Charter in 1904. The original members of the RSPB were all women who campaigned against the fashion of the time for women to wear exotic feathers in hats, and to this end the Society had two simple rules : That Members shall discourage the wanton destruction of Birds, and interest themselves generally in their protection That Lady - Members shall refrain from wearing the feathers of any bird not killed for purposes of food, the ostrich only excepted. At the time of founding, the trade in plumage for use in hats was very large : in the first quarter of 1884, almost 7,000 bird - of - paradise skins were being imported to Britain, along with 400,000 birds from West India and Brazil, and 360,000 million birds from East India. The Society attracted support from some women of high social standing who belonged to the social classes that popularised the wearing of feathered hats, including the Duchess of Portland ( who became the Society 's first President ) and the Ranee of Sarawak. As the organisation began to attract the support of many other influential figures, both male and female, such as the ornithologist Professor Alfred Newton, it gained in popularity and attracted many new members. The society received a Royal Charter in 1904 from Edward VII, just 15 years after its founding, and was instrumental in petitioning the Parliament of the United Kingdom to introduce laws banning the use of plumage in clothing. At the time that the Society was founded in Britain, similar societies were also founded in other European countries. In 1961, the society acquired The Lodge in Sandy, Bedfordshire as its new headquarters. Activities An Avocet at the RSPB 's Minsmere reserve. This species is used in the RSPB 's logo. Today, the RSPB works with both the civil service and the Government to advise Government policies on conservation and environmentalism. It is one of several organisations that determine the official conservation status list for all birds found in the UK. The RSPB does not run bird hospitals nor offer animal rescue services. Reserves South Stack reserve, Anglesey, with Ellin 's Tower, housing a visitor centre A webcam installed near Sumburgh Head lighthouse, ( Shetland ). The cliffs are home to large numbers of seabirds and the area is an RSPB nature reserve. The RSPB maintains over 200 reserves throughout the United Kingdom, covering a wide range of habitats, from estuaries and mudflats to forests and urban habitats. The reserves often have bird hides provided for birdwatchers and many provide visitor centres, which include information about the wildlife that can be seen there. Awards The RSPB confers awards, including the President 's Award, for volunteers who make a notable contribution to the work of the society. RSPB medal Main article : RSPB Medal According to the RSPB : The RSPB Medal is the Society 's most prestigious award. It is presented to an individual in recognition of wild bird protection and countryside conservation. It is usually awarded annually to one or occasionally two people. Magazines The RSPB has published a members - only magazine for over a century. Bird Notes Bird Notes Cover of Autumn 1946 issue of Bird Notes, Vol. 23, No. 3 ISO 4 abbreviation Find out here Discipline Ornithology Language English Publication details Publisher RSPB ( United Kingdom ) Publication history 1903 ( 1903 ) - 1966 Indexing ISSN 0406 - 3392 Bird Notes and News ( ISSN 0406 - 3392 ) was first published in April 1903. The title changed to Bird Notes in 1947. In the 1950s, there were four copies per year ( one for each season, published on the 1st of each third month, March, June, September and December ). Each volume covered two years, spread over three calendar years. For example, volume XXV ( 25 ), number one was dated Winter 1951, and number eight in the same volume was dated Autumn 1953. From the mid-1950s, many of the covers were by Charles Tunnicliffe. Two of the originals are on long - term loan to the Tunnicliffe gallery at Oriel Ynys Môn, but in 1995 the RSPB sold 114 at a Sotheby 's auction, raising £ 210,000, the most expensive being a picture of a partridge which sold for £ 6,440. From January 1964 ( vol. 31, no. 1 ), publication increased to six per year, ( issued in the odd - numbered months, January, March and so on, but dated `` January -- February '', `` March -- April '', etc. ). Volumes again covered two years, so vol. 30, covering 1962 -- 63, therefore included nine issues, ending with the `` Winter 1963 -- 64 '' edition instead of eight. The final edition, vol. 31 no. 12, was published in late 1965. Editors This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Miss M.G. Davies, BA, MBOU ( for many years, until vol. 30 no. 9 ) John Clegg ( from vol. 31 No. 1 -- vol. 31 no. 3 ) Jeremy Boswell ( from vol. 31 no. 4 -- vol. 31 no. 12 ) Birds Birds ISO 4 abbreviation Find out here Discipline Ornithology Language English Edited by Mark Ward Publication details Publisher RSPB ( United Kingdom ) Publication history 1966 ( 1966 ) -- 2013 ( 2013 ) Frequency Quarterly Indexing ISSN 1367 - 983X Links Journal homepage Bird Notes ' successor Birds ( ISSN 1367 - 983X ) replaced it immediately, with volume 1, number 1 being the January -- February 1966 edition. Issues were published quarterly, numbered so that a new volume started every other year. The Autumn 2013 edition, dated August -- October 2013, being vol. 25 no. 7, was the last. Nature 's Home Nature 's Home ISO 4 abbreviation Find out here Discipline Ornithology Language English Edited by Mark Ward Publication details Publisher RSPB ( United Kingdom ) Publication history 2013 ( 2013 ) -- present Frequency Quarterly Indexing ISSN 2054 - 3433 Links Journal homepage In Winter 2013 Birds was replaced by a new magazine, Nature 's Home. The editor was Mark Ward. The magazine had an ABC - certified circulation of 600,885. Junior divisions The RSPB has two separate groups for children and teenagers : Wildlife Explorers ( founded in 1943 as the Junior Bird Recorders ' Club ; from 1965 -- 2000 the Young Ornithologists Club or YOC ) and RSPB Phoenix. Wildlife Explorers is targeted at children aged between 8 and 12, although it also has some younger members, and has two different magazines : Wild Times for the under 8s and Bird Life for those over 8. RSPB Phoenix is aimed at teenagers, and produces Wingbeat magazine, although members also receive Bird Life magazine. The RSPB is a member of The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services. Big Garden BirdWatch RSPB organises bird record data collection in annual collective birdwatching days in Britain. RSPB claims this is the `` world 's biggest wildlife survey '' and helps that society to get a better knowledge on bird population trends in Britain. That activity was launched in 1979 as an activity for kids, although from 2001 is a survey open to adults too. In 2011 over 600,000 people took part, being only 37 % RSPB 's members. The usual date for this birdwatching collective activity is the January 's last weekend. From the start of this annual survey records for sparrows show a decline of 60 %, while starling population 's decline is about 80 % from 1979 to 2012. BirdTrack BirdTrack is an online citizen science website, operated by the British Trust for Ornithology ( BTO ) on behalf of a partnership of the BTO, the RSPB, BirdWatch Ireland, the Scottish Ornithologists ' Club and the Welsh Ornithological Society ( Welsh : Cymdeithas Adaryddol Cymru ). Finances Fund - raising at the Great British Beer Festival 2016. The RSPB is funded primarily by its members ; in 2006, over 50 % of the society 's £ 88 million income came from subscriptions, donations and legacies, worth a total of £ 53.669 million. As a registered charity, the organisation is entitled to gift aid worth an extra £ 0.28 on every £ 1.00 donated by income tax payers. It also receives contractual payments from clean energy utilities and financiers of renewable energy solutions, when its members sign up as clients. The bulk of the income ( £ 63.757 million in 2006 ) is spent on conservation projects, maintenance of the reserves and on education projects, with the rest going on fundraising efforts and reducing the pension deficit, worth £ 19.8 million in 2006. Advertising The RSPB was forced by an article in The Daily Mail on 2 November 2014 to withdraw claims that it `` was spending 90 per cent of its income on conservation '' by the UK Advertising Standards Authority, which said that the true figure was closer to 26 %. The Charity Commission investigated the claims, and contacted the RSPB to get it to clarify its web statement. The RSPB complied, with the clarification that 90 % of its net income ( after expenses, not gross income as received ) was spent on conservation, and that conservation activities were diverse, not limited to spending on its own nature reserves. This was accepted by the Charity Commission. Presidents Winifred Cavendish - Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, painted by Philip Alexius de László in 1912 Winifred Cavendish - Bentinck, Duchess of Portland 1891 -- 1954 Cyril Hurcomb Colonel Sir Tufton Beamish Derek Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury Robert Dougall Max Nicholson 1980 -- 1985 Magnus Magnusson 1985 -- 1990 Sir Derek Barber 1990 -- 1991 Ian Prestt 1991 -- 1994 Julian Pettifer 1994 -- ? Jonathan Dimbleby 2001 -- ? Julian Pettifer 2004 -- 2009 Kate Humble 2009 -- 2013 Miranda Krestovnikoff 2013 -- ( incumbent ) Chief officers Over time, the organisation 's chief officers have been given different titles. William Henry Hudson -- Chairman of Committee 1894 Sir Montagu Sharpe, KBE DL -- Chairman of Committee 1895 -- 1942 Phillip Brown Peter Conder OBE -- Secretary 1963. Director 1964 -- 1975 Ian Prestt CBE -- Director General 1975 -- 1991 Barbara Young -- CEO 1991 -- 1998 Sir Graham Wynne -- CEO 1998 -- 2010 Mike Clarke -- Chief Executive 2010 -- Associate organisations The RSPB is a member of Wildlife and Countryside Link. The RSPB is the UK Partner of BirdLife International and manages the South Atlantic Invasive Species Project on behalf of the partner governments. See also List of RSPB reserves Category : Royal Society for the Protection of Birds reserves List of Birdlife International national partner organisations Wildlife law in England and Wales RSPCA Notes Notes ^ Jump up to : RSPB Annual Report Archived 28 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine., 2005 -- 2006. Retrieved 19 February 2007. Jump up ^ `` RSPB website ''. Rspb.org.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2014. Jump up ^ Charity Commission. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, registered charity no. 207076. Jump up ^ `` Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Registered Charity no. SC037654 ''. Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. Jump up ^ `` What does the RSPB do ? ''. RSPB. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2007. Jump up ^ `` About the RSPB ''. RSPB. Retrieved 19 February 2007. ^ Jump up to : `` Reserves & events ''. RSPB. Retrieved 13 February 2010. Jump up ^ Penna ( 1999 ), p. 99. ^ Jump up to : `` Milestones ''. RSPB. Retrieved 19 February 2007. ^ Jump up to : `` A history of the RSPB, from its humble beginnings, to the thriving far - reaching organisation it is today ''. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved 13 February 2017. Jump up ^ `` Charter and Statutes ''. RSPB. Retrieved 3 February 2016. Jump up ^ Adams ( 2004 ), p. 189. Jump up ^ Boardman ( 2006 ), p. 36. Jump up ^ `` Working Together : Government ''. RSPB. Archived from the original on 3 January 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2007. Jump up ^ `` Frequently asked questions ''. RSPB. Retrieved 19 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Reserves by habitat ''. RSPB. Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2007. Jump up ^ `` Frequently Asked Questions ''. RSPB. Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2007. Jump up ^ Reynolds, James ( 23 August 2007 ). `` Gifted naturalist is awarded prestigious RSPB medal ''. RSPB. Retrieved 10 October 2011. Jump up ^ RSPB Birds magazine, Vol 16 No 01, February -- April 1996, page 10 Jump up ^ Ward, Mark ( Autumn 2013 ). `` Introducing your new magazine, Nature 's Voice ''. Birds. 25 ( 7 ). ISSN 1367 - 983X. Jump up ^ Ward, Mark ( 30 September 2013 ). `` Nature 's Home is coming... '' RSPB. Retrieved 15 October 2013. Jump up ^ `` About youth groups ''. RSPB. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2007. Jump up ^ `` Gift Membership ''. RSPB. Retrieved 20 February 2007. Jump up ^ `` Full list of NCVYS members ''. Ncvys.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2014. ^ Jump up to : Birds. Spring 2013 vol. 25, no5. February -- April 2013. page 18. Jump up ^ `` BirdTrack partners ''. British Trust for Ornithology. Retrieved 25 April 2016. Jump up ^ `` Bird Track ''. National Biodiversity Network. Retrieved 25 April 2016. Jump up ^ `` Gift Aid ''. RSPB. Archived from the original on 22 February 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2007. Jump up ^ Dellingpole, James ( 7 April 2013 ). `` RSPB makes a killing... from windfarm giants behind turbines accused of destroying rare birds ''. Daily Mail. Retrieved 23 December 2013. Jump up ^ Iles, Harry. `` RSPB - 207076 '' ( PDF ). Charity Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2016. ^ Jump up to : RSPB Birds magazine, Vol 13 No 7, Autumn 1991 Jump up ^ Jamieson, Alastair ( 3 October 2009 ). `` Springwatch star Kate Humble appointed president of RSPB ''. The Telegraph. www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2009. Jump up ^ Hogg, Gemma ( 12 October 2013 ). `` Miranda Krestovnikoff becomes RSPB President '' ( Press release ). RSPB. Jump up ^ `` Wildlife and Countryside Link, Our members ''. Wcl.org.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2014. Jump up ^ `` RSPB, Our partnership with BirdLife International ''. Rspb.org.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2014. Bibliography Adams, William Mark ( 2004 ). Against Extinction : The Story of Conservation. London Sterling, VA : Earthscan. ISBN 978 - 1 - 84407 - 055 - 8. Boardman, Robert ( 2006 ). The International Politics of Bird Conservation : Biodiversity, Regionalism And Global Governance. Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978 - 1 - 84542 - 403 - 9. Penna, Anthony N. ( 1999 ). Nature 's Bounty : Historical and Modern Environmental Perspectives. Armonk, N.Y.U.S.A. : M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7656 - 0187 - 2. External links Official website RSPB Images Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ' channel on YouTube `` Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Registered Charity no. SC037654 ''. Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. 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Answer: more than a million members (including 195,000 youth members); more than a million members (including 195,000 youth members); more than a million; more than a million