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Caravan Club and RSPB celebrate 5 years of partnership

THE RSPB offers members the chance to explore wildlife hotspots all around the country

This week marks the fifth anniversary of the union between the Caravan Club and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

The partnership has seen the Caravan Club take an active role in helping to reverse the decline of the feathered creatures in the UK.

With more than 200 sites, the organisation offers its members the chance to explore wildlife hotspots all around the country and spokesperson Emma Cosby explained that it is committed to boosting biodiversity.

The club is particularly concerned with protecting the song thrush after it agreed to become a champion for the bird.

It has assisted the RSPB financially and created bird provisions at many of its sites around the UK.

The latest RSPB figures show that song thrush numbers have risen 25 per cent since the mid-1990s, helping to reverse the long-term decline.

The organisation revealed that British Trust for Ornithology data shows that song thrush numbers fell by 50 per cent in the UK between 1974 and 2003.