Items Tagged 'National Trust'

• Warm and wet year brings influx of migrants with mixed fortunes for resident species
• National Trust outlines fresh ambition in landmark speech by Director General
• National Trust calls on Government to back natural climate solutions, as charity ramps up efforts to tackle the ‘greatest threat to its places'
• National Trust response to the new Environment Bill
• Beavers return to Holnicote
• National Trust set to fund ‘biggest ever conservation spend’ of £3m a week in its 125th year
• National Trust launches year of action to tackle ‘nature deficiency’
• UK’s first ‘super’ National Nature Reserve created on Purbeck Heaths
• Nationwide nature diary to capture first day of spring
• National Trust launches #BlossomWatch to emulate Japan’s Hanami
• National Trust acquires vital new stretch of coastal land to help create a new home for nature
• Nature diary entries tell story of extraordinary spring under lockdown
• Wildlife returns to Marsden Moor a year on from devastating fire, but threats persist
• Endangered bee gets a foothold in Somerset
• National Trust leader calls for urgent support for nature and wildlife sectors and a ‘green, not grey’ recovery
• ‘Emboldened wildlife’ reported by National Trust during human lockdown
• Puffins return to breed on the Farne Islands in strong numbers
• Nature-friendly farming methods allow biodiversity to flourish at Wimpole
• Dramatic rise in barbecues and litter as wildfire risk continues
• National Trust reacts to Chancellor's mini budget on 8 July 2020
• National Trust announces spending cuts and redundancies in face of coronavirus losses
• National Trust responds to Government proposals for planning reforms
• Rarest butterfly boost: largest project to ‘bring back the blues’ hailed a success
• Best breeding season in decades for marsh harriers at National Trust’s Wicken Fen
• National Trust responds to Government proposals to underpin environmental commitments with legally binding targets
• Wildlife in Lockdown
• ‘High hopes’ for Arctic terns dashed as lockdown and extreme weather hampers conservation work
• Plea to help protect red squirrels as National Trust warns discarded litter could lead to squirrel pox outbreak
• National Trust suffers worst year on record for ash dieback due to weather and lockdown
• National Trust reduces compulsory job losses following consultation and vows to ‘grow back stronger’ after coronavirus crisis
• National Trust's reaction to the Agricultural Bill
• Comment from National Trust in response to Government's Ten Point Plan for Green Industrial Revolution for 250,000 jobs
• Charity attempts largest transplant of ancient and rare lichen in efforts to protect its future
• First beaver dam appears on Exmoor after 400 years
• Nature reserve sees best breeding season for rare little terns for 25 years
• 2020 Climate change extremes result in mixed fortunes for wildlife
• Training the countryside guardians of tomorrow as apprenticeship donations top £2m
• National Trust and partners signal hope and healing with blossoming ambitions around the UK
• Britons report ‘massive boost’ in nature connection since pandemic started, as #BlossomWatch gets underway
• National Trust re-introduces beavers to South East England site after Somerset success
• National Trust’s plans for 20 million ‘right trees in right places’ take root
• National Trust sheepdog finds his sea legs for commute to nature reserve
• National Trust launches ‘grow-along’ to help home gardeners grow their own plastic-free kitchen sponges
• ‘Four hundred lungs breathing one fresh start’: crowd-sourced poem heralds arrival of longed-for spring
• Work begins to fix footpaths on England’s highest mountain
• New guide shows the pathways to a stronger connection with nature
• National Trust maps out climate threat to coast, countryside and historic places
• New partnership between the University of Exeter and the National Trust to help protect the natural world
• Blaze of purple in Cornwall shows G7 greener future for UK farming
• Historic painting helps inspire 50 year vision for carbon and nature rich landscape at Devon Estate
• Britons 'vote with their feet' for summer of simple pleasures
• Peatland plateau turned into ‘giant sponge’ with 3,500 pools to absorb carbon
• New research set to unlock nature mysteries and tackle biodiversity crisis
• Two decades on, Fix the Fells work is needed more than ever, says National Trust
• National Trust ‘shores up’ to protect vital saltmarsh habitat
• Working with and for nature: creating new habitat at Cotehele quay
• Britons turning into a nation of ‘leaf peepers’ according to new National Trust research as experts predict a ‘good’ season for autumn colour
• National Trust ‘shines a light’ on the cultural landscape to get the right trees in the right places
• Nation’s largest landowners join government in unprecedented summit to tackle climate crisis
• A snapshot of our impact on the natural world to help shape a sustainable future
• First pup born at England’s largest grey seal colony on Blakeney Point
• Thermal imagery used for first time to help count seal pups on the National Trust’s Farne Islands
• Planting trees at the right time of year – the time is now, says National Trust
• Birds, bees, and butterflies suffer as Brexit farming promises broken today
• National Trust warns of “catastrophic” impact of tree and plant disease
• National Trust announces plans for first green corridor to link historic city centre to surrounding countryside
• ‘Tobacco cliffs’ at UK beauty spot to be turned into refuge for rare wildlife
• UK biodiversity renewal project to revive nature and communities receives £10 million investment
• National Trust announces plans for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee tree planting
• National Trust takes aim at net zero target with largest tree planting project to date at Wimpole
• National Trust announces plans for ambitious urban sky park for Manchester
• Lifeline for endangered crayfish as National Trust creates first ‘Ark’ site
• A vision in violet: Brownsea Island to restore prehistoric heathlands
• National Trust vows to ‘bring back the blossom’ as new research reveals massive drop in orchards since 1900s
• Bird’s-eye view of Belton’s heronry reveals surprising numbers
• Scotney Castle calls in the cavalry to help care for woodlands
• Critical year for determining how puffins are doing on the Farne Islands as National Trust rangers start this year’s count
• Sissinghurst Castle Garden launches prestigious new horticulture scholarship – the National Trust’s first – to cultivate Head Gardeners of the future
• Northern stronghold’ for rare hazel dormice created in Lancashire
• Conservation Charities & Agencies combine forces to tackle the impact of climate change on the UK’s heritage
• Farne Islands to close to visitors due to impact of Avian Influenza on internationally important seabird colonies
• ‘The answers are at our fingertips’: Charities call on MPs for urgent scaling up of climate solutions
• National Trust teams up with Severn Trent to help nature and benefit more people at reservoir sites in Derbyshire
• National Trust calls on football fans to name new beaver kits, following England’s historic victory
• Landscapes and historic gardens feel the heat as National Trust calls for greater action on climate change
• National Trust records most successful year for Hen Harrier breeding in the Peak District for over a decade
• Kinder Scout National Nature Reserve in Peak District extended in size to continue important research into tackling climate change
• Bumper year for breeding wading birds at coastal site in Suffolk
• National Trust warns ‘typical’ British autumn spectacular could be at risk in future due to climate extremes
• Majority of UK believe nature is in crisis and urgently needs help as charities invite public to join biggest ever conversation about nature
• National Trust leads on UK’s first major restoration project to reconnect river to its original floodplain
• First pup born at England’s largest grey seal colony on Blakeney Point
• North Devon grassland ‘savannah’ to become largest to be created in the UK
• National Trust completes over 130 renewable energy projects to put green power at the heart of conservation
• North West net zero ambitions boosted thanks to peatland partnership
• National Trust's largest ancient woodland set to be restored on a scale rarely seen
• Rare Suffolk Punch takes Norfolk estate’s parkland back to its roots
• National Trust puts down roots of its first major community woodland
• National Trust, WWF and RSPB send urgent SOS for nature as Sir David Attenborough says ‘we must act now’ to Save Our Wild Isles
• Northern Ireland Seabird Report 2022
• “No more harm to nature”: Public calls for urgent change following pioneering citizens’ assembly
• Saving Our Wild Isles: Sir David Attenborough warns ‘this starts and ends with us’ in new UK nature documentary
• Tackling the nature and climate crises is the biggest business opportunity this century, say industry leaders
• Hedgerow study using artificial intelligence to help National Trust bring back its ‘blooming boundaries’
• National Trust calls on its 100-strong mowing team to help boost nature in landscape scale project
• National Trust Cymru grows Celtic rainforests of the future in new tree nursery
• Livestock will mimic wild ancestors to benefit wildlife on England’s first Super National Nature Reserve
• Conservationists say Government is “lagging behind” on preparing for climate change, ahead of ‘make or break’ adaptation programme
• New study finds at least £4.4bn a year needed for nature and climate-friendly farming to meet legal targets
• Devastating news for Arctic terns as suspected bird-flu outbreak wipes out a quarter of this year’s chicks at Long Nanny
• Beavers released in Northumberland to help tackle the effects of climate change and boost nature
• Baby beaver boom on Exmoor in Somerset as three kits are born in conservation success story
• National Trust brings coastal land at Tintagel into its care
• Avian influenza wreaks havoc on wild seabird colonies at six National Trust sites
• UK’s biggest nature charities publish shared Nature Markets Principles to help combat corporate greenwashing
• Storm Babet's widespread damage to landscapes, gardens and properties a taste of things to come, says National Trust
• Adapting to climate change needs our ‘urgent, unswerving attention’ says National Trust with launch of landmark report
• National nature reserve ‘turns on the tap’ to create winter wetland for wildlife and reduce CO2 emissions
• Our Beautiful Wild, a new film created by more than 100 young people, sounds the alarm for nature
• Bodnant Garden gives ‘dinosaur trees’ a Welsh home-from-home as part of new ‘metacollection’ to protect Wollemi pine from extinction
• Sycamore Gap tree ‘will live on’ as National Trust and National Park announce next steps
• Remote Essex island ‘lets the sea in’ to create new saltmarsh in fight against climate change
• One of the UK's oldest nature reserves hopes to attract more than two turtle doves this Christmas
• Wildlife at risk on farms as vital hedge and river rules vanish
• National Trust uses ‘Isaac Newton’s lockdown legacy’ to launch Time + Space Award for young people
• National Trust joins push for temperate rainforest revival in North Devon with new 100,000-strong tree planting project
• Peatland ‘time capsule’ reveals prehistoric woodland habitat and insects which still exist today
• Suffolk’s first breeding colony of grey seals recorded at Orford Ness
• New works supercharge precious peatland on England’s first ‘Super’ National Nature Reserve
• Seeds collected from felled Sycamore Gap tree ‘springing into life’ at specialist conservation centre
• Nature recovery on the Lizard is working from the ground up
• Moss 'speed bumps' to prevent flooding in latest phase of Kinder Scout peatland restoration
• No shrinking violets! Conservation charity aims to create purple patch with mass planting of 20,000 violets to satisfy particular tastes of rare butterfly
• New project is improving representation in the outdoors by training 100 new walk leaders from global majority communities
• Charities back UK workers saying nature must be at the heart of business decisions
• Borrowdale rainforest to become a new National Nature Reserve
• Nature just the tonic for gin-clear ‘globally rare’ chalk stream in the Norfolk Broads
• Beachgoers swap boogie boards for a boogie beach clean to help protect nature at popular Devon beach
• See-sawing fortunes for seabirds on the Farne Islands as puffin count gets underway
• Hungry, hairy Hungarian hogs help save UK's most endangered butterfly
• Celebrated Mount Stewart garden wins European Garden Award for ‘exemplary’ climate mitigation measures
• A soaring success for ancient insects - Wicken Fen announced as new Dragonfly Hotspot
• National Trust's asks for the new government
• Rangers hopeful of about ‘tern’ in fortunes for graceful seabirds at Long Nanny after colony devastated by bird flu last year
• Patchwork of wildflower meadows wow for National Meadows Day as rare grasslands on North Devon coast peak in first full bloom to benefit nature and people
• Beaver release at Wallington going 'swimmingly' as baby kit is born one year on
• New report reveals that nature-friendly farming budget is inadequate to meet climate and nature targets
• Mind bog-gling new study reveals Marsden Moor stores over a million tonnes of carbon
• Delight as Sycamore Gap tree sprouts
• Dunwich heather back in bloom after remarkable recovery
• Watch the birdie: Project to transform golf course into wetlands to benefit migratory birds gets underway
• National Trust brings nature back to an area twice the size of Manchester in less than a decade
• Puffin population declared ‘stable’ on the Farne Islands as results of first full count for five years are confirmed
• Clean air and fire breaks help silver-studded blue butterflies go for gold as butterfly count at Dorset nature reserve sets new record
• Sycamore Gap Tree's legacy announced
• Sycamore Gap Tree One Year On - 'Trees of Hope' case studies
• Celebrating Traditional Orchards and Apple Day
• Pioneering river restoration declared a success delivering incredible benefits for nature and people within 12 months of completion
• New £10m centre to tackle the health impacts of climate change
• Groundwork calls for immediate action on green jobs to tackle nature decline across the UK
• Farming as a key solution to environmental challenges
• Sycamore Gap saplings to spread hope throughout the nation as recipients of the 49 ‘Trees of Hope’ announced
• Lurch from drought to deluge sees another mixed year for UK wildlife as National Trust thanks supporters who’ve helped hundreds of projects
• Director General marks National Trust’s 130th birthday by unveiling ambitious plans for the next decade
• National Trust to plant woodlands and woody habitats equivalent in size to over 800 football pitches with support from England’s Community Forests this winter
• 130 apprenticeships for 130 years
• New wood pasture to help amplify nature’s chorus in Purbeck
• A day in the life of a National Trust Ranger
• Going wild! Historic first official wild beaver release marks new era for nature’s recovery in England
• Full Circle Moment
• Saving a species: ‘Living library’ of Britain’s rarest native tree takes root at Killerton
• Showy season of sensational blooms expected for this year’s blossom display as charity encourages workers to take a Big Blooming Break
• Conservation grazing: Bringing farmers and biodiversity organisations together
• £5m of funding from Garfield Weston Foundation will help ‘turn the tide’ for nature on a huge scale says the National Trust
• National Trust river project at Holnicote in Somerset, wins prestigious UK River Prize 2025
• Puffin count underway as National Trust marks centenary year of caring for the Farne Islands
• NRW and National Trust working together to restore and protect the River Usk
• National Trust nears 900 miles of protected coastline on 60th anniversary of fundraising campaign
• Completion of Wicken Fen peatland restoration project provides hope for the future and sheds light on the past
• The clue is in the poo! Secrets to boosting the recovery of at risk pied flycatcher could be revealed in new research into bird droppings and choice of nest location
• Exmoor estate sees resurgence of rare butterfly once on the brink of extinction
• Downturn in fortunes: Long Nanny terns face mounting pressures from climate change and disease
• Castlefield Viaduct ‘sky park’ receives £2.75m funding towards major extension
• The BBC reports that ‘National Trust blames tax rises as it cuts 550 jobs’
• From Volunteer to Ranger: My Journey into the Green Sector
• Butterfly numbers at historic forest hit 17 year high
• Surge in 18–25-year-old new members as National Trust annual report reveals growth of 39%
• Wicken Fen becomes first UK nature reserve to record 10,000 species
• National Trust launches ‘Wild Senses’ campaign to reignite nature connection this autumn
• Rare spider rediscovered in Britain after 40 years - just in time for Hallowe’en
• Time to rethink nature conservation? Ecologists call for ecosystem approach to halt nature decline