In a series of posts the wildlife charity picked out environmental promises by Rishi Sunak, Michael Gove and Therese Coffey and highlighted them all as lies. 

RSPB brands Sunak, Gove and Coffey 'liars' over environment policy

Water voles have been introduced to Haweswater and Cumbria in a bid to save Britain's fastest declining mammal from extinction. Picture: ITV Border.

The 350 water voles, in Haweswater and Lowther, are the Lake District's first.

Meet water voles introduced to Lakes to save Britain's fastest declining mammal

Suffolk Police: "There is no place for such activity in modern times"

The five birds were found dead together in Kings Forest in Suffolk in January, but their killer remains unknown.

Gamekeeper sentenced over five rare goshawks found shot dead

Undated handout photo issued by the RSPB of a bee-eater in flight. Rare bee-eater chicks have hatched in a Norfolk quarry in a "vivid reminder" of climate change, conservationists have said. The colourful birds normally nest in southern Europe and northern Africa, but there has been a notable increase in nesting attempts by the species further north, including in the UK, in the past 20 years as the world warms, the RSPB said. 

It is the first time the summer visitors, known by some as the rainbow bird, have returned to the same breeding site in the UK in consecutive years.

Rare rainbow bee-eater birds make 'unprecedented' return

Emperor Dragonfly.  Image credit: Richard Chandler
ISSUED BY RSPB SALTHOLME 

RSPB Saltholme, in Middlesbrough, is a breeding and hunting ground for a variety of dragonfly species, with a record number spotted at the reserve in 2021.

Improved water quality helping dragonflies thrive at nature reserve 

Rylan the adder captured stretching by volunteer Steve Everett.

Volunteer Steve Everett spends hours capturing the sights and sounds of RSPB Minsmere in Suffolk.

'Yawning' adders and booming bitterns: the stunning sights of spring

As well as breeding success, a number of birds that are not typically seen in the UK, landed on Teesside this year.

Nature reserve reports record year for breeding birds and rare sightings 

New guidelines have been issued to try and control the outbreak of avian flu among Britain's wild bird population.

Does the release of game birds into the UK countryside risk spreading avian flu?

RSPB Grassholm off the Pembrokeshire coast is home to the world's third largest colony of northern gannet, with 36,000 pairs of the bird.

Bird flu hits world's third largest gannet colony after spate of deaths

Usually found in northern Africa and southern Europe, rare bee-eaters have made a small quarry in Norfolk their home.

Why eight rare birds are 'vivid' reminder of climate change threat

Numbers of Black-tailed godwits have almost doubled thanks to a successful six year breeding programme.

Rare wading bird brought back from brink of extinction thanks to Fenland project

The UK has seen more than 100 separate outbreaks of the disease in the last eight months.

Calls for bird flu vaccine amid country's biggest ever outbreak

In a statement, the reserve confirmed the dead birds have since tested positive for avian flu.

Bird flu outbreak confirmed as more than 30 birds die at reserve

Usually found in northern Africa and southern Europe, seven bee-eaters have made a small quarry in Norfolk their home.

Rare rainbow-coloured birds visiting UK coast 'worrying sign of climate change'

Staff and volunteers at RSPB Minsmere are urging the government to act quickly before the virus spreads further

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