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• Neath community reach for their spades to help tackle the climate emergency!
• Students create a brand 'newt' home
• Kent’s Heath Fritillary butterfly hit new highs in 2019
• Calls for bigger fines and longer sentences for wildlife criminals
• Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew publish their list of new species discovered in 2019
• Grouse moor management
• ‘Forgotten’ view unveiled in the Western Lakes
• Overuse of herbicides costing UK economy £400 million per year
• Nearly 30 million walks demonstrates huge popularity of England's coastal paths
• Thousands wade-in to protect UK seas – The Wildlife Trusts’ marine review 2019
• Nature fund’s £156k award to protect threatened waders
• Government urged to make tackling climate and nature crises a top farming resolution
• Spectacular year of ‘firsts’ on Scotland’s nature reserves
• Farmers urged to have say towards ‘revolutionary’ new land management scheme
• Ash dieback project launches International Year of Plant Health
• We are declaring a planetary emergency
• Police Scotland launches new wildlife crime investigators course
• New waste crime taskforce will tackle 'blight on our countryside'
• Small predators lose out from human land use
• Woodland Trust chief delivers stark warning as charity publishes emergency tree plan for the UK
• Local water availability is permanently reduced after planting forests
• Help Our Kelp - Byelaw Update
• Assessing risk of chemicals to wildlife is huge challenge that requires a new approach
• Brilliant iridescence can conceal as well as attract
• Cutting road transport pollution could help plants grow
• ‘Zero Tolerance’ for raptor persecution: A joint statement
• Scotland in world first for genetic diversity
• Evidence on options for transformative change needed to sustain people and the planet
• It’s official – the Wren is our most common bird.
• Grey seals discovered clapping underwater to communicate
• Secret report exposes 'toxic cocktail' found in sewage spread on farmland
• Beaver back in Sussex
• Building for bats in an urban world
• New Scottish Forestry spatial data hub
• £2 million for world’s first rewilding centre near Loch Ness
• MCS calls for ban of 'forever chemicals’ lurking in bathroom cabinets
• New study: are teen seabirds safe?
• 8 steps to woodlands for climate, nature and people
• Renewed General Licence brings greater protection for Scotland’s wild birds
• New Scottish general licences provide both certainty and concern
• Biodiversity yields financial returns
• Thousands of trees to be planted in England's towns and cities
• Find. Map. Save: join the search to save thousands of miles of lost historic paths
• ‘Rule breaking’ plants may be the climate change survivors
• PM confirms HS2 will go ahead alongside revolution in local transport
• In response The Wildlife Trusts state HS2 decision will destroy precious wild places
• Progress for pollinators hailed
• Recognition for 40 years’ service as a volunteer ranger
• A visit to the zoo is good for you!
• Trial finds benefits to people and wildlife from beavers living wild in English countryside
• Consultation launches for ‘Future Flora’, a new project aiming to transform the plant supply chain
• Record numbers take part in citizen science to protect whales and dolphins off Scotland’s west coast
• Puffin numbers stable despite last summer’s wash-out as sufficient pufflings successfully hatch on Farne Islands
• Seabird declines may be slowing
• Habitats survey completed in Westmorland Dales
• Pesticides impair baby bee brain development
• 528 trees planted along a Suffolk River
• Government report confirms TB strategy retains culling option
• Government gives badgers a reprieve
• For International Women's Day: Women in Arboriculture.
• Double boost for Freshwater pearl mussels
• Restoring an iconic tree species of England’s lowlands
• The early bird counts the worms
• Positive connection between nature experiences and happiness
• Plea to clean our seas as National Trust reveals strangest items to wash up on its shores
• Astonishing 2020 National Parks photography competition – urges us all to protect nature
• Peak district grasslands hold key to global plant diversity
• Urban birds need to be smart or fast-breeding
• Moorland management in the Peak District
• Coronavirus – Guidance on access to green spaces
• Bovine TB: summary of badger control monitoring during 2019
• HS2 to start digging up ancient woodland from April
• House sparrows hold on to the Big Garden Birdwatch number one spot in Northern Ireland
• Rare Beetle found in Wales
• A national ‘office for carbon removal’ is vital to guarantee the credibility of carbon offsetting and avoid ‘junk credits’, says new report
• Update on new biosecurity measures - New National Measures (April 2020)
• Campaigner Craig Bennett joins The Wildlife Trusts at a critical time
• Some Flowers Bounce Back After Injury
• eNGOs challenge Government to do more to avoid hamstrung environment mission
• Take a Virtual Tour
• Healthy Wildlife Healthy People
• Rare River Dragon in Danger
• Arboricultural Association has launched the Urban Tree World Cup 2020
• Targeted conservation key to wading bird recovery
• Public urged to follow Covid-19 outdoor access guidance
• New Dartmoor sighting of invasive flatworm is a surprise to conservationists
• Extinction of threatened marine megafauna would lead to huge loss in functional diversity
• UK Crane population reaches its highest level for over 400 years
• We are losing 9% of insects per decade
• Ocean biodiversity has not increased substantially for hundreds of millions of years – new study
• Learn from past to protect oceans
• Warming climate undoes decades of knowledge of marine protected areas
• British Woodlands Survey 2020 launched
• And a #FeelGoodFriday photo to end the week: ‘We love zoo, NHS’
• Innovative Grazing Project Brings Fresh Optimism Over Future of Moorland
• Nominations are now open for NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording 2020
• Arboricultural Association and Tree Officer Groups Launch Watering Campaign
• Restocking woodland following loss of ash due to ash dieback - operations note 46b
• LI announces new plans to support parks and green space sector
• National Trust leader calls for urgent support for nature and wildlife sectors and a ‘green, not grey’ recovery
• Tim Bonner: The countryside beyond Covid
• Name that nature tune! Canal & River Trust challenges children to beat their grandparents in new online wildlife quiz.
• Huge opportunity for permanent shift to walking and cycling
• Bumper year for apple blossom after ‘sunniest April on record’
• Marian Spain appointed new Natural England chief executive
• European Rewilding Network welcomes progressive UK rewilding initiative
• Joint Statement: Antibiotic use in gamebirds MUST fall further
• Wild Inside writing competition
• The latest report on UK’s breeding birds shows mixed results
• How lockdown has brought us closer to each other – and the countryside
• Bird of prey persecution crimewave during lockdown
• North Yorkshire Police leads online day of action to raise awareness of raptor persecution
• Campaigns update: crimes against woods and trees during lockdown
• Beavers Build Back Better – but their future is not secure
• Population trends for UK bat species
• Entangled Seal at Ravenscar
• Woodland management sees new residents move in
• Reinforcing Europe's resilience: halting biodiversity loss and building a healthy and sustainable food system
• New route map points the way to £1 billion for nature conservation in Scotland
• Proposed Closure of Askham Bryan College’s Newton Rigg Campus - July 2021
• Call for nature lockdown stories on Biodiversity Day
• Funding boost to crack down on the Illegal Wildlife Trade
• Collapsed baby deer rescued from midst of raging moor fire ‘brought back to life’
• No Insectinction
• Over 1000 care homes sign-up to go wild this June
• Trust responds to alarming beaver cull numbers
• Global environmental changes are leading to shorter, younger trees – new study
• Climate could cause abrupt British vegetation changes
• Highland osprey family welcome their first 2020 chick live online
• New Partnership to Restore Native Wildcats to Britain
• Two lefties make a right – if you're a one-in-a-million garden snail
• Scottish public want a less wasteful economy
• Roadkill study identifies animals most at risk in Europe
• Disappointing planting figures in England still far below Government target
• CLA calls on Education Secretary to teach Countryside Code in schools
• Six general licences re-issued for the control of wild birds
• Statement following DEFRA’s latest announcement on General Licences
• The seabird colony vanishes
• Pioneering Scottish partnership could be the model for global green recovery says global authority on innovation and sustainability
• 10 breathtaking Scottish landscape images for 2020
• Twenty-five thousand jobs could be created through government investment in a green recovery
• Government announces £40 million green jobs challenge fund
• The RSPB is asking you to share what you’re appreciating in the world around you
• Nature fund to tackle ‘most at risk and vulnerable’ species
• Almost 2 million acres of GB grassland lost as woodland and urban areas expand
• Forestry grants to grow forestry and farm businesses
• Look who’s out of Lockdown
• Bison to help bring back UK wildlife
• Tackling #lockdownlitter
• Nature fund's latest £1.8m to save Scotland’s most threatened plants and wildlife
• Urban Green Newcastle partnership supports young people into employment
• Our MMO Story - the next ten years
• National Trust sites prove successful breeding grounds for peregrine falcons
• Scotland’s natural economy valued at over £29 billion per annum
• IUCN Standard to boost impact of nature-based solutions to global challenges
• Farmers at heart of groundbreaking nature recovery project
• New campaign launched in face of littering epidemic in parks
• New wildlife art gallery supporting artists and charity through difficult times
• Forest Research collaborate with Defra and Vodafone to pilot new generation of tree growth monitors
• Field Notes: Local heroes clean up Nevis
• Rare tick-borne infections diagnosed in England
• £1.3 billion investment to deliver homes, infrastructure and jobs
• England’s 10 biggest landowners must grow more trees
• Surface clean-up technology won't solve ocean plastic problem
• Most people living in Scotland want a green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic
• NRW study confirms Wales’ seas have massive potential for carbon offsetting to tackle the climate emergency
• Golden eagles breed at Highlands rewilding estate for first time in 40 years
• Rarest butterfly boost: largest project to ‘bring back the blues’ hailed a success
• Cambridgeshire to benefit from sustainable development initiative
• LGA launches report to help councils tackle climate change
• Fears the badger cull will be expanded and vaccinated badgers will be shot despite Government commitment to move away from lethal control
• Pond project pays off for great crested newts in Essex
• Fresh insight into secret lives of basking sharks
• War on plastic waste stepped up with extension of plastic bag charge
• UK supermarkets could cut throwaway plastic by 50% 2025 by reducing plastic across 54 grocery categories
• Public encouraged to report sightings of Scotland’s beavers
• Record numbers and new site discovered for rare beetle
• Government policy will see deer calves starve
• A record-breaking year for hen harrier breeding
• Drastic planning reforms could destroy nature’s future
• Critically endangered wildcat kittens born at Highland Wildlife Park
• Natural regeneration key to doubling woodlands and saving Britain’s crippled forests
• Further £10m boost for forestry in Wales
• Collaborative working on the future of Wales’ uplands the key to its enduring legacy
• Wildlife protection plan to unlock Hampshire housebuilding
• Two hundred baby sand lizards released at Puddletown Forest
• Equine rangers are relaunched
• NRW launches £6.8 million LIFE Dee River project
• Scientists launch key principles to preserve Scots plant health
• Outdoor use of metaldehyde to be banned to protect wildlife
• Bristol unveils first ever ecological blueprint
• The Parks Alliance and Landscape Institute unite to create a stronger voice for parks
• Innovative tree tape system trial a ‘phenomenal’ success
• Plea to help protect red squirrels as National Trust warns discarded litter could lead to squirrel pox outbreak
• Stark warning to several water companies as environmental performance fails to improve
• World first as endangered skate egg hatches
• Countryside organisations urge Government to back new ‘blueprint’ for future of shooting
• Nature Means Business
• Butterflies on the increase
• No ‘one size fits all’ solution to protecting conservation sites from pollutants
• UK Biodiversity Indicators 2020 published
• Concerns over HS2 - events at Jones Hill Wood
• February 2020 floods reviews trigger clarion call to step up response to Climate Emergency impacts
• RHS Announces Plans to Run 2021 RHS Chelsea Flower Show safely for reduced numbers of visitors over increased days
• The Prince’s Countryside Fund receives £25,000 from the National Lottery to continue vital work
• Specialised omnivores – individual red foxes prefer different foods in the city and the countryside
• Defra concludes its review into releasing gamebirds on and around protected sites
• Review of gamebird releases on and around European protected sites
• Defra propose gamebird releasing licence around protected sites
• Scottish SPCA rehabilitates and releases youngest red squirrels in area of conservation
• Citizen scientists help lift the lid on one of our nearest avian neighbours
• Achieving government’s long-term environmental goals
• Winning videos launched for ‘In Tune with Nature’ lockdown contest
• Charity attempts largest transplant of ancient and rare lichen in efforts to protect its future
• Chough conservation effective but more action needed
• Survey reveals alarming cuts to outdoor access jobs in Scotland
• Seeds of hope: Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank celebrates 20 years with 2.4 billion seeds banked
• Survey highlights need to build farmers’ confidence in ELMS
• The Wildlife Trusts welcome Liz Bonnin as new president
• Werritty Report response
• From The Scottish Gamekeepers Association: In response to the announcement in Scottish Parliament that Scottish Government will introduce a licensing system for grouse shoots in Scotland
• Scottish Wildlife Trust welcomes action on driven grouse shooting
• Statement from GWCT Scotland on Scottish Government announcement on Grouse Moor Management Report
• RSPB Scotland responds to Scottish Government statement on Independent Review of Grouse Moor Management
• Downs National Park goes from strength to strength
• Quagga mussels found in the River Trent and Rutland Water
• Outdoor learning gains new prominence amid pandemic
• Critically endangered wildcat kittens born at Edinburgh Zoo
• Scientists call for a robust goal for species
• Company handed largest ever fine in relation to a wildlife crime
• New enclosures to help boost Wildcat numbers
• Covid drives huge increase in use of urban greenspace
• Record numbers flock to NatureScot’s national nature reserves in 2020
• The Wildlife Trusts’ marine review 2020
• We've received funding to help address climate challenges
• Highland farmer to create landscape size woodland
• Countryside Code under review
• Scots want beavers moved not shot, new research finds
• Record breeding year for critically endangered wildcats
• New sites to test how connecting people with nature can improve mental health
• Forestry Jobs Summit a “catalyst for job opportunities” says Ewing
• RFS 2021 bursaries open
• World could lose coral reefs by end of century, UN environment report warns
• Tackling nature loss report – 2021 a ‘big year’ for nature
• Big bumblebees learn locations of best flowers
• Restoring peatland on Skye
• New report reveals declines in UK’s woodland birds
• New partnership to further strengthen rewilding science and knowledge
• Scotland’s Marine Assessment 2020 launched
• New £5 million project to save woodlands
• Feeding stations on farms to boost bird numbers project
• New report finds bottom trawling taking place in 98% of UK’s offshore Marine Protected Areas
• Defra response to coverage on banning supertrawlers and pulse fishing
• A blooming first two years for Green Angels at Hassall Green
• Taking stock...ZSL London Zoo’s annual stocktake goes ahead behind closed doors - as ZSL’s key workers ensure essential work continues through lockdown
• Step up climate change adaptation or face serious human and economic damage – UN report
• 2020 ends earth’s warmest 10 years on record
• New Scottish wildlife crime investigator appointed
• Animals at Yorkshire Wildlife Park enjoy a snow day.
• Taskforce sets goal to end pollution from storm overflows
• Some of Scotland’s best-loved paths are being revamped with new funding to remove barriers and improve access for all.
• England’s ‘national rainforests’ to be protected by new rules
• BASC responds to Government announcement on heather burning
• Time for government to unleash the power of peatlands to tackle the climate emergency, says CPRE
• Partial peat-burning ban positive as a first step, but limits and loopholes leave cause for climate concern
• Managed burning can benefit peatland, new study suggests
• New natural flood management scheme helps protect homes
• We're reviewing our prosecutor role to focus on frontline cruelty
• Health and wellbeing benefits of walking on the South West Coast Path valued at over £75 million per year
• Rewilding Europe becomes a partner of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
• Surge in front garden greenery will boost wellbeing and help the environment
• New insights into whales and dolphins highlight conservation threat
• Dorset Wildlife Trust launches ground-breaking beaver project
• Almost 2 million acres of GB grassland lost as woodland and urban areas expand
• Environmental tax measures
• More action needed to help nature
• Launching today: Employment scheme set to diversify environmental sector
• 2021 will be a record year for beaver releases
• Help Shape Tree Health Policy
• The Prince of Wales encourages children to take a closer look at nature this Half Term with the #PoWNatureChallenge
• Birds can ‘read’ the Earth’s magnetic signature well enough to get back on course
• UN offers science-based blueprint to tackle climate crisis, biodiversity loss and pollution
• Opening up the hidden world of bats, bush-crickets and small mammals
• New figures show rise in fly-tipping incidents
• A-maze-ing pheasants have two ways of navigating
• New report demonstrates crucial role of zoos and aquariums in protecting UK native wildlife
• RZSS leads UK zoos in signing the global coalition #UnitedForBiodiversity
• National Trust and partners signal hope and healing with blossoming ambitions around the UK
• Threatened moth brought back from the brink of extinction
• Green nuggets in the Budget but not the Green Recovery hoped for
• Survey of UK's coast highlights change in wintering waterbird populations
• Joint fisheries conservation NGO position statement on Eurasian beaver re-introduction into England and Wales
• UK Extinct Species rediscovered in the Outer Hebrides
• Farmers invited to take part in first step towards a greener future
• Rewilding boosts jobs and volunteering opportunities, study shows
• New tree fund for local communities announced
• Record-breaking rain more likely due to climate change
• Park Authority commits to being ‘Net Zero’ within 4 years
• Pioneering project to safeguard our iconic oaks launched
• RHS to be peat-free by 2025 as it experiments with farmed sphagnum moss
• Northern Ireland’s seabirds get an annual health check
• Ocean's mammals at crucial crossroads
• Uunlocking’ the full biodiversity value of the nation’s canal towpaths
• South of Scotland’s biggest community buyout completes
• Dogs get sniffin’ for newts in Hitchin ahead of vital track improvements
• 2020 hailed as a 'good' year for butterflies
• Environmental protection could benefit from ‘micro’ as well as ‘macro’ thinking
• Recent wildlife documentaries affect public understanding of wider conservation
• 2020: an amazing year for wildlife on RSPB reserves
• Work begins to fix footpaths on England’s highest mountain
• Record breaking Cuckoo returns to the UK
• New research to help identify and manage devastating pest insects
• Landowners encouraged to plant trees for climate change and wildlife as MOREwoods applications reopen
• Nature for Climate Peatland Grant Scheme
• 10p plastic bag charge to come into force on 21 May
• New plans unveiled to boost recycling
• Communities plant trees for natural flood management
• Going back to its roots – historic parkland to be restored to 19th Century heyday
• New report shows the UK is the least effective G7 member at protecting nature
• Natural England announces new National Nature Reserve for East Devon Pebblebed Heaths
• State of the UK Barn Owl Population 2020
• Water companies are main cause of microplastic pollution in UK’s rivers
• The first frost is the deepest
• 1000th badger vaccinated in Derbyshire
• Cornwall’s major road upgrade aims to be otter-ly wildlife friendly
• £30 million official backing for Oxford-led greenhouse gas removal programme
• Our new report uncovers impact of COVID-19 crisis on heritage
• New Tree Health Pilot to launch this summer
• We've launched four-year project to tackle invasive species along Midlands canals
• ‘First time in over a century’ sea eagles return to Loch Lomond
• New study reveals how to save our fastest-declining breeding wader
• Drone footage reveals social secrets of killer whales
• Water management must be transformed across England and Wales to increase our resilience to climate change, CLA says
• Woodland Statistics
• Response: New planting in UK flat - with a mountain to climb to hit target
• New alliance to protect Scotland's golden eagles
• Sparsholt celebrates the birth of endangered Black Lemur baby!
• 1,000th hazel dormouse reintroduced to the UK
• Recommendations for Action Report
• Trust welcomes recommendations by Scotland’s Climate Assembly for tackling the climate emergency
• SLE responds to Scotland’s Climate Assembly report on climate emergency
• Coastal ecosystems being ‘burned’ by double whammy of rising temperatures and ocean acidification
• “Make teaching the Countryside Code compulsory,” CLA urges Education Secretary
• Cattle wearing smart collars will improve sand dune habitats
• New survey shows visiting British farmland benefits mental health
• Invasive species cost UK economy over £5 billion over past 40-50 years
• Sharing knowledge: Ten case studies on building resilience into our woodlands
• A nature success story
• Rare bird discovery highlights need for collaboration
• Nature-impoverished intensively-managed grouse moors cover over three-quarters of a million acres of Britain’s national parks, Rewilding Britain reveals
• British Ecological Society awarded Green Recovery grant to connect school children with nature
• The Royal Parks urges visitors to take litter home to protect the wildlife
• ‘Olympian’ bat smashes British record for long distance migration
• Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying
• UK calls for greater global ambition as UN finds world warming faster than expected
• Studying how trees can help the UK reach net zero emissions
• New research set to unlock nature mysteries and tackle biodiversity crisis
• ‘CSI of the Sea’ secures ten-year commitment from UK government
• Another successful year for Hen Harrier breeding in England
• Hen harriers have best breeding season in over a decade
• Government scales up support to protect the world’s ocean with multimillion boost for marine recovery
• Farmers help create ‘Virtual safe space’ to save bumblebees
• Pioneering North East project uses nature to reduce flood risk
• Kicking to see what’s alive: wildlife surveys carried out
• Derbyshire gets first ever pine marten trainee
• Canals for all ages: waterways charity launches youth fellowship programme
• Record-breaking breeding success for critically endangered native insect
• Cities are making mammals bigger
• Two decades on, Fix the Fells work is needed more than ever, says National Trust
• Released, captive reared Curlews phone home
• Continued inequalities in use of greenspace
• Have your say on NRW’s wild bird licences
• Tackling Climate Change using Nature Based Solutions
• Thousands of hectares of vital peatland to be restored to help tackle climate change and protect biodiversity
• Seabed recovers more quickly following extreme storms than from the impacts of bottom-towed fishing, study suggests
• Deer numbers placing unprecedented pressure on environment
• Landmark Environment Bill strengthened to halt biodiversity loss by 2030
• Seabird numbers decline by almost 50%
• Going up: birds and mammals evolve faster if their home is rising
• £9 million fund for local authorities to tackle air pollution
• Varied fortunes for Scotland's wintering waterbirds
• Marches Mosses marks 30-year milestone and extends NNR
• Major conservation project for Rathlin Island gets green light
• Fishers declare emergency in English Channel and Southern North Sea with Greenpeace
• National Trust reveals blossoming ambitions for city of culture as ‘Project Blossom’ starts to take root around UK
• Roadkill may accelerate local extinction of mammal populations
• New report reveals pollution is biggest threat to wildlife on our waterways  
• Rapid increase in global light pollution
• Seven ways nature is at heart of London Zoo
• New NFU report urges government to back British food at home and abroad
• The Scottish SPCA is caring for a ringed seal which is a species normally found in arctic waters.
• Lifeline for some the world’s most precious biodiverse habitats announced
• Boost for UK’s rarest lizard as over 140 are released back into the wild
• Great news - it’s looking rosy for the reds
• Campaigners want to be allowed to turn parking spaces into parklets in streets across London
• Affric Highlands launched to rewild half a million acres of Scottish Highlands
• Bold new vision places communities at the heart of deer management obligations
• Transform our towns into green jungles to protect homes from extreme weather and boost nature
• Chalk stream strategy launched to protect ‘England’s rainforests’
• Funding to tackle marine litter
• Changing Chalk: partnership aims to breathe new life into ancient landscape with £2m grant
• Chancellor urged to commit at least £1.2bn annual nature funding ahead of climate talks
• It's time to vote to find the UK's favourite parks and green spaces
• A snapshot of our impact on the natural world to help shape a sustainable future
• Future looking rosy for roseate terns with record breeding year
• Canal & River Trust to receive over £1.4m for major works from Government’s Heritage Stimulus Fund
• Ambitious future for rural Scotland, National Test Programme announced.
• Unlocking contractor capacity to lock up carbon in the Cairngorms
• World Heritage forests releasing more carbon than they absorb due to pressure from human activity and climate change
• Youth Manifesto calls for action on climate change
• Education Secretary puts climate change at the heart of education
• Scientists call on COP26 leaders to listen to the ocean in order to meet climate goals
• Protected and Conserved Areas Around the World Sign First Ever Joint Statement on Climate Change and Biodiversity
• Action on single-use plastic: Scotland first UK nation to pursue ban on some of the most problematic products.
• Scotland’s International Environment Centre launched
• Proposals to rewild Allestree Park have been given the green light by Derby City Council.
• £7million legacy for nature and communities for the Queen’s jubilee
• Water companies could face legal action after investigation launched into sewage treatment works
• Loss of tree species has cumulative impact on biodiversity
• NBN Award Winners 2021
• New threat to England’s wildlife-rich hedgerows from ‘gap’ in agricultural policy
• Winners announced in the Buglife Bug Photography Awards 2021
• Millions of funding for projects in England to plant hundreds of thousands of trees
• New Research Shows Alarming Decline in Small Mammals in the UK
• Incidents up, enforcement down: Countryside Alliance respond to latest fly-tipping statistics
• Land and water ecosystems, ‘stressed to a critical point’
• Dragonflies threatened as wetlands around the world disappear
• The Welsh National Survey for Otters shows partial decline of otter populations in Wales
• UN report praises UK efforts on wildlife and forest crime
• Plans to phase out the use of peat in the amateur horticulture sector
• Ending the retail sale of peat in horticulture in England and Wales
• Wild salmon tracking project
• Nation’s largest environmental charities call on the Prime Minister to make New Year’s resolutions to tackle the climate and nature crises
• Natural History Museum describes over 550 new species in 2021
• Cleaning up Scotland's waters: Views sought on Marine Litter Strategy
• Assynt Foundation and Woodland Trust Scotland Announce Historic 30-Year Partnership
• New legislation to crack down on cruel illegal hare coursing
• Tales of whales and Wally, orca and oyster, and world’s largest flapper skate appear in The Wildlife Trusts’ 2021 marine review
• Creating opportunities for women in agriculture
• Statistical Digest of Rural England and Rural economic bulletin
• New grant will help champion and protect the Yorkshire coastline
• New General Licences for 2022 released for England and Wales
• General licenses, updated information
• Urban gardens are a dependable food source for pollinators through the year, study suggests
• Our top 21 animal rescues of 2021
• Wild Salmon Strategy Launch
• Take part in the GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count and make a real difference to the UK’s songbirds
• Gove closes tax loophole on second homes
• Seal rescued by RSPCA now happy in France
• DCMS over-reliance on commercial providers for national broadband perpetuating UK’s “great digital divide”
• Geovation launches environmental challenge to tackle coastal pollution
• Extinct Chernobyl eagle back from the dead
• Will banned bee-killing pesticides become the new norm?
• A legend has fallen
• Local community gets behind campaign to help New Forest’s rare birds
• Devastating climate impact of using peat in UK horticulture revealed
• National Trust announces plans for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee tree planting
• Pine martens drafted in to fight grey squirrel incursion
• Where can I re-use, repair or recycle my outdoor gear?
• New campaign calls for a ‘legal right to local nature’ in Levelling Up reforms
• Bristol Zoo Gardens announces its closure date
• The International Centre for Birds of Prey’s Newent based centre to close to the public
• Young people happier and more confident in nature following outdoor STEM workshops
• State of Britain’s Hedgehogs 2022 report
• Prestigious SocEnv Awards Open for Nominations
• UK exporting thousands of tonnes of toxic banned pesticides, investigation reveals
• Progress for pollinators: Projects across Scotland provided crucial help for bees, hoverflies and other pollinators in 2021.
• Local school name Edinburgh Zoo’s new goats
• Number of wildfires to rise by 50% by 2100 and governments are not prepared, experts warn
• Hunting with Dogs Bill introduced to parliament
• Forestry Commission takes robust action to combat spread of tree disease
• Surprise for visitors at Hauxley nature reserve
• Artificial whale poo could help restore ocean biodiversity
• TREES project promotes nature-based farming
• Network Rail branches out to plant thousands of trees with £1 million pledge
• Relocating farmland could turn back clock twenty years on carbon emissions
• We're taking on the care of two important areas of limestone pavement for their special wildlife
• Planning to fail: CPRE finds government failing to map route to net zero
• Biodiversity: why new rules to ensure nature benefits from building projects could fail
• Britain’s loudest bird makes roaring recovery
• Victorian rainfall data rescued
• UK’s youngest polar bear is named and takes first steps outside
• Promoting responsible investment in Scotland’s natural assets
• Astounding UK nature recovery observed for the first time from space
• Lessons for nature restoration and rewilding
• First Green Tiger Beetles Bred in Captivity Emerge as Adults
• Defra policy paper: Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment Programme
• NC0 lays her first egg of 2022!
• Making green jobs more accessible and achievable for all will help us tackle climate change and level up the country, says new Groundwork report
• Fuel theft warning for farmers as prices soar
• New pilot requirement for tree suppliers announced to strengthen UK biosecurity
• Guide Dogs UK launches new partnership with Edinburgh Zoo
• UK to lead the way in climate and sustainability education
• Curlew community to put the Peak District’s waders back on the map
• David Attenborough receives the UN’s most distinguished environment award
• Natural flood management work begins in Limb Brook Valley
• The Crown Estate confirms intention to proceed to the final stage of Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4
• RSPB reaction to The Crown Estate Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4
• Protected areas can be the beating heart of nature recovery in the UK, but they must be more than lines on a map
• Tree of Life “planted” at ZSL London Zoo
• Emergency regulation introduced to protect treescapes from Pine Processionary Moth
• Resilience of ecosystems can be measured from space
• No Mow May: dawn of a new British lawn
• Wake up to the Dawn Chorus: RSPB calls on the nation to throw open their windows on Saturday night for Sunday morning
• State-of-the-art tree health laboratory opens to help protect UK forests
• New National Parks for Scotland
• 80 beaches to fly Blue Flags with pride this summer
• Four key climate change indicators break records in 2021
• Britain’s bats edging towards recovery
• Native oyster nursery aims to save species from extinction
• International Day for Biological Diversity: $43 million boost for developing countries’ efforts to reverse species loss
• Going nuts for nature: UK’s biggest nature challenge on course for record-breaking year this June
• Five landmark nature recovery projects launched to protect wildlife and improve public access to nature
• British coral predicted to be resilient to climate change
• Celebrating the Platinum Jubilee: Over 12,000 National Park trees are dedicated to the Queen
• Swift initiative at Malin Bridge School for endangered species
• Celebrating Volunteers Week with a Big Thank You!
• UKRI awards more than £8m to innovative new farming concepts
• First adult critically endangered pine hoverfly in nearly a decade spotted in the wild thanks to conservation efforts
• Scientists offer solutions to global phosphorus crisis that threatens food and water security
• CNPA Board agrees to take the lead in bringing beavers to the Park
• Trio of conservation awards for Moorland Association estates
• UK and Scottish Governments recommend vast Affric Highlands rewilding project for global UN flagship status
• Forestry Commission Key Performance Indicators: Report for 2021-22
• Confor accuses UK Government of "total policy failure" on tree planting
• New woodland statistics cast further doubt on the Government’s ability to halt nature’s decline by 2030, warns the Woodland Trust
• Five years of beavers bring big biodiversity and flooding benefits
• Bringing back native predators to tackle invasive species crisis
• Rare ‘rainbow birds’ set up summer home in Norfolk, thousands of miles from home
• Cumbria Wildlife Trust given 15 hectares of farmland at Cold Springs near Penrith
• Food production, climate change and biodiversity ‘vital’ in Scotland’s future agricultural support regime
• Northern stronghold’ for rare hazel dormice created in Lancashire
• Satellite-tagged duck records monumental migration
• Vote for your Volunteer of the Year in Campaign for National Parks’ Park Protector Awards 2022
• The Sizewell C Project development consent decision announced
• New legal protections edge England closer towards wild beaver return
• First sighting in Scotland of sallow-shoot piercer moth
• IUCN 2022 Red List Update: Migratory monarch butterfly now Endangered
• Groundwork launches new youth employment programme to support 70 young people into environmental jobs
• Manchester’s new sky park set to open to the public
• Glowing report for Generation Wild at the end of a busy school year
• Scotland’s Minister for Biodiversity takes a stand on deer
• Resurgent ospreys notch up a century in Kielder
• Belfast Zoo’s oldest chimp Lizzie celebrates 50th birthday
• Donkeys, dolphins and saxifrages get helping hand with £15million extra funding for nature
• More than a grouse moor
• New National Trail status awarded for popular Coast to Coast route
• Coast to Coast set to become third nationally-recognised trail in the North York Moors
• £3.5 million for landscape-scale biodiversity projects.
• Warmer summers cause butterfly increase in Scotland
• WWT Washington achieves ‘TOP 10’ status for common tern populations in the UK
• Toughest targets ever introduced will crack down on sewage spills
• More action needed to combat – and cope with – avian flu
• 119 hen harrier chicks fledge in England in 2022
• Sale of horticultural peat to be banned in move to protect England’s precious peatlands
• HTA response to Defra announcement on horticultural peat
• UN Ocean Treaty talks collapse, as the ocean crisis deepens
• New guidance on mitigating the impact of avian influenza in wild birds
• Scientists Issue “Warning to Humanity” that Tree Species Extinction Could Bring Economic as well as Ecosystem Crisis
• Farmers to help Wales reach Net Zero as Welsh Government pledges an extra £32m for tree planting
• Greenpeace UK creates underwater boulder barrier in the South West Deeps to block destructive industrial fishing
• Projects of Landscape Recovery scheme announced
• Fifth oldest zoo in the world closes on Saturday
• Her Majesty The Queen – a tribute from The Wildlife Trusts
• Our tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
• We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen.
• Statement from The Crown Estate
• The National Dormouse Footprint Tunnel Survey: informing conservation action for an iconic species
• Volunteers to take part in biggest ever Thames ‘Plasticblitz’
• Strawberries were smaller when bees ingested pesticides
• National Park Authority supports plans to increase council tax on second homes
• Four ospreys fledge from Aberdeenshire fishery
• Pink-footed geese now arriving at Montrose Basin
• Hedgelaying World Record Attempt creates wildlife haven
• Plastics causing multi-organ damage in seabirds
• Woodland charity to plant first tree as its new Exmouth site takes shape
• National Trust leads on UK’s first major restoration project to reconnect river to its original floodplain
• New citizen science project to help endangered red squirrels
• SEPA tackles fish barriers to bring life back to Scotland’s rivers
• New maps reveal Britain’s lost rainforests
• Kent’s youngest ecosystem engineer welcomed to herd as first ‘Wilder Blean’ bison calf is born in the UK
• Restoring LIFE back into four rivers in Wales
• Update on progress on Environmental Targets
• From windowsills to wetlands: rare plants help to restore Oxfordshire freshwaters
• Feeling chirpy: Being around birds is linked to lasting mental health benefits
• The winners and runners-up of the NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording 2022 were announced at the Natural History Museum, in London, on Wednesday 9 November 2022
• Interest Leads to Grants Re-Peat
• Community completes epic land buyout in ‘moment of history and hope’
• Volunteers pick up 64,000 wet wipes out of the Thames over five-year period
• WildFish has started a court action seeking to force the withdrawal and redrafting of the Government’s Sewage Overflows Plan
• RSPB fails to prevent second attempt to reintroduce hen harriers into Southern England
• Local Wildlife Trusts team up to create 'super woodland' across the Three Counties
• Major tree planting under way as new research reveals potential to create massive carbon sink in South Downs
• Farmers share tales of 'living legends' on their land - and how important it is to protect nature
• Small spaces can make a big difference to wildlife, new study suggests
• More nurdles found than ever before – The 2022 Great Global Nurdle Hunt Results
• Restoration work for important habitats across North West Wales
• Six key conservation funders urge five goals for nature at COP15 summit
• LI Skills and Workforce Research 2022 published
• Wakehurst forced to close 150-acre nature reserve in fight against deadly ash dieback disease
• Increased investment in net zero an ‘economic, environmental and political necessity’ says new report
• The Wildlife Trusts call on the Government to bin the ‘Bulldozer Bill’*
• Beaver kits born in Nottinghamshire!
• Highs and lows at NatureScot’s coastal nature reserves this year
• Scotland leading the way in rewilding with new funding recognition
• Innovative licencing scheme to protect wildlife and promote sustainable development launched in Cumbria
• Delayed river plans provide slender hope for England’s poisoned waterways
• UK now a winter destination for Mediterranean birds
• Natural History Museum scientists describe and name 351 new species in 2022
• Top 10 plant and fungal species named new to science in 2022
• Thrill of sea creature discoveries in 2022 undermined by huge threats to marine life
• New hedgerow “super-highway” created in remote Welsh landscape to benefit nature, people and climate
• New powers to crack down on illegal tree felling
• We're welcoming new Dartmoor ponies to our conservation team
• Lost bumblebee rediscovered on South Devon coast
• The time is now: ARC unveils new strategic plan
• The Return of Thor
• Birds bounce back when farms devote 10% of their land to nature-friendly measures
• £3.78million for protected sites and species across Wales
• Net Zero Review: UK could do more to reap economic benefits of green growth
• Woodland Trust offers exciting chance for young people to win project funding for environmental action
• Wildlife charities’ top 10 issues for nature’s recovery in 2023
• Trees and woodlands provide over £400m each year in fight against flooding, new study finds
• Cornwall and Devon add first records to 2023 PondNet Spawn Survey
• Agreement reached following wild camping discussions
• Historic 480-metre "lost avenue” restored in planting project honouring Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
• BASC’s scholarship programme open for 2023 applications
• Thérèse Coffey: Farmers central to food production and environmental action
• Response to publication of Environmental Land Management policy
• ELMs – Defra announces long-awaited detail on actions for funding
• Wild/backpack camping: latest news
• Take an hour to help yourself and nature this Big Garden Birdwatch weekend
• What CANZ be done? Local Authorities leading the way on integrating Clean Air and Net Zero
• Nominations open in the search for 2023’s RHS School Gardeners of the Year
• New damselfly sharing habitat with UK natives
• Stunning curlew conservation success, as RSPB NI announces spectacular breeding results
• Woodland Hope
• Hazel dormice should be classified as ‘Endangered’, according to new research
• Pioneering nature projects launched to test carbon capture methods in fight against climate change
• New long-term plan and policy comes into effect.
• Urban birds prefer native trees
• Hen harrier row could unlock other conservation conflicts
• Animals celebrate Valentine’s Day at Highland Wildlife Park
• Levelling up funding to improve green spaces in Northern Ireland
• Funding to help nature projects grow
• Sixfold increase in farmland bird numbers on Welsh cover crop project sites
• Using spiders as environmentally-friendly pest control
• Coffey: Water companies – ‘Show us your improvement plans’
• Act now to save migratory birds, scientists say
• New climate change hub launched for forestry sector
• Loggerhead turtles rescued!
• Experts have discovered how zebra stripes work
• Ending the sale of peat in Scotland; phasing out use of peat to protect the environment.
• New developments to deliver for people and nature
• £8million Heritage Horizon Award to visionary Fens Peatland project
• Farming with trees would help UK hit net zero
• £7.6m boost to transform Scotland’s nature
• Conservation zoos have powerful potential to reverse extinction, confirms new study
• New strategy launched to protect biodiversity and economy from non-native species
• Return of traditional woodland management set to restore famous hotspot for endangered songbirds
• 'Unusually high' number of turtle strandings in the UK and Ireland
• Highly Protected Marine Areas to be designated in English waters
• There's a Walrus in the Hebrides!
• Bumper number of chicks sparks hope of barn owl recovery
• To save a million species, World Wildlife Day underscores crucial role of partnerships
• Welsh economy boosted by wide-ranging benefits of peatland project
• New disease caused solely by plastics discovered in seabirds
• Returning beavers to Glen Affric
• UN delegates reach historic agreement on protecting marine biodiversity in international waters
• Historic UN Ocean Treaty agreed - Greenpeace statement
• RHS launches new scholarship programme worth £125,000 to grow gardeners of the future
• Broad support for new National Parks in Scotland
• A mixture of trees purifies urban air best
• Phone-based measurements provide fast, accurate information about the health of forests
• UK proposes measures to protect England’s much loved seabirds
• Scotland is buzzing with pollinator-friendly activity
• Noah’s Ark for plants hits important milestone: 40,000 different plant species now banked at Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst
• 90 years and counting: historic citizen-science scheme calls on land managers to help red-listed grey partridge
• New study counts the environmental cost of managing knotweed
• Noise harming ocean invertebrates and ecosystems
• Anger at decision to pull funding for badger vaccinations
• Meeting tree disease challenge shows foresters at their best
• Have your say on a licencing system for gamebird release in Wales
• Lynx reintroduction in Scotland? It’s complicated
• Saving Our Wild Isles: Sir David Attenborough warns ‘this starts and ends with us’ in new UK nature documentary
• The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch results 2023: House Sparrow tops the charts for 20th year running but bird declines since the survey began are “startling”
• Wild/backpack camping: latest news - DNPA to appeal High Court judgment
• Major milestone for conservation of the rare pond mud snail
• Volunteers help count 43,000 flowers
• Wildfire and drainage accelerate carbon loss from northern peatlands
• Major increase in eagle nests where gamekeepers work
• Hedgerow study using artificial intelligence to help National Trust bring back its ‘blooming boundaries’
• Kent Wildlife Trust lay out ambition to increase wildlife abundance and climate resilience across 30% of Kent in new 2030 strategy
• Report details red squirrel conservation successes, with key recommendations for the iconic species’ long-term future in Scotland.
• The National Park Protector Awards are back!
• Huge nature access gap must be bridged to meet Government's 15-minute nature promise
• Rare bird of prey found mutilated as 20 other individuals go missing
• Consultation confirmed as National Park Authority presents formal proposals for operational changes
• Numbers of protected birds soar to new record after overhead power lines are removed on remote Essex island
• Gold medal for Wildlife Trusts garden at RHS festival
• Next steps for national parks in Scotland
• New report reveals Scottish farming must adapt to reflect climate change and nature loss
• Investment to boost community tree cover across parts of England
• Man sentenced for poisoning wild birds
• NBMP Annual Report: Bats continue returning to the night skies
• First young people take part in the Department for Education’s new National Education Nature Park scheme
• New study highlights extent of biodiversity in world’s largest mineral exploration region
• Coffey: We’re listening and making ELMs work for upland farmers
• Establishing a wildflower meadow bolstered biodiversity and reduced greenhouse gas emissions, study finds
• Livestock will mimic wild ancestors to benefit wildlife on England’s first Super National Nature Reserve
• £40 million biodiversity research programme opens for applications
• Green marine environment fund distributes £3.2m
• Nature recovery project to restore previously ancient woodland
• Report finds more beavers moved as population continues to expand
• Public urged to play their part in reducing incidences of wildfire
• Wildfire prevention tools
• Rare ‘rainbow birds’ make historic return to Norfolk
• Some seabirds returning in lower numbers after avian flu outbreak
• Barn Owl Chick From Rutland Water Nature Reserve Takes an Unexpected Trip to the Beach!
• Ecological ‘doom loops’ edging closer
• Peatland restoration in Scotland increases by 25% over last year
• Birds of prey at record high on North York Moors estate
• Better transparency is no substitute for real delivery
• Scottish Government Response to Taskforce Report on SSPCA Powers
• Government seeks views to improve hedgerow protections
• New study finds at least £4.4bn a year needed for nature and climate-friendly farming to meet legal targets
• Monitoring British bats can help identify coronaviruses with pathogen potential
• UK is failing to protect whales and dolphins says parliamentary committee
• Next steps for marine protection
• Putting nature on road to recovery with Species Survival Fund
• Congratulations to all the winners of our 2023 Photography Competition
• More than 900 at-risk animal and plant species not covered by global trade protections, new research shows
• Nature recovery projects to boost wildlife and access to nature
• New report proves nature-based health projects save NHS time and money
• Scotland’s £65m nature restoration fund invites projects to apply now
• £100k boost for ambitious project to rewild huge area of South East England
• Climate change is exacerbating hazel dormouse decline, new research confirms
• Our new study shows ocean protection's worth
• Seabirds on the brink as Avian Flu rips through colonies for a third year
• Biodiversity Net Gain moves a step closer with more funding
• Two pairs of avocets confirmed to have bred at Nottinghamshire wetland reserve
• First ever walking guidebook for wheelchair users published in Britain
• Red-listed willow tit breed at Wearside wetland reserve
• Marshals support patrols across National Park
• Partnership gains support for red squirrel project
• New evidence shows Defra proposals for an early peat ban will have negative environmental and economic impacts
• Weevil could be key to tackling damaging plants in Yorkshire
• £550k fund to help nature thrive in Scotland’s National Parks
• Rare bumblebee surges thanks to Devon road verges
• 100,000 more homes to be built via reform of defective EU laws
• Water pollution rules expected to be weakened by the Government today – Tuesday 29th August 2023
• Thousands of hectares of peatlands set to be restored to help tackle climate change
• Birds of prey breeding success
• Scottish island community celebrates UK forest-first
• National Trust For Scotland Rangers Rise To The Challenges Of Glencoe’s Growing Popularity
• Considerable change needed to stop nature loss in Scotland
• See the world through a new lens with the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London
• We are in this #TogetherForCleanAir
• Butterfly numbers increased this summer
• Clever lapwings use cover to hide in plain sight
• Precious Escargot: Extinct snails head back to the wild
• Nature is being prescribed to help Derbyshire Dales patients
• New study finds that sewage release is worse for rivers than agriculture
• Bee-killing pesticides found at wildlife-threatening levels in rivers around the country
• Rare moth back from the brink in Kent
• All schools, nurseries and colleges in England are invited to join the National Education Nature Park – developing young people’s green skills and enhancing biodiversity across the country
• “Three changes”: Call To Inspire Next Generation Of Foresters
• Avian flu causes another challenging summer for seabirds
• Communities invited to shape their own futures
• Wetlands are the way: Our new strategy to 2030
• Critically endangered wildcats now call the Cairngorms National Park home
• Most people would welcome more trees and wildflower meadows in their townscapes
• National Parks UK and Santander UK announce expansion of partnership for nature restoration
• UK study finds some seabirds may develop immunity to bird flu
• 46 million Butterfly Conservation records on NBN Atlas
• Saving Scotland’s nature is a top priority
• No Government strategy on controversial species reintroduction
• Conservationists voice disappointment after DEFRA announces species reintroductions are not a priority for the Government
• One fifth of all species in Europe threatened with extinction
• Hazel dormice have declined by 70% since 2000, new report finds
• Rural Scotland ignored as government confirms ban on Humane Cable Restraints
• Rare Caledonian pinewood restored at the Alladale Wilderness Reserve
• Microplastics are carried in clouds and could be affecting the weather
• Birdcrime report reveals Hen Harriers and White-tailed Eagles amongst victims of continuing illegal persecution.
• New hunting bill policy leaving deer to die - contractors having to leave wounded animals
• National nature reserve ‘turns on the tap’ to create winter wetland for wildlife and reduce CO2 emissions
• Moth found in west London by local resident is a new species to science from Australia
• Public say litter emergency is worsening
• Forestry and Land Scotland reinforce beaver populations in Knapdale and Tayside
• Scotland’s wildest wild apples gathered for ‘gene bank’ orchard in the Trossachs
• UK nature feels the impact of seasonal “baseline shift” and extreme weather events as 2023 set to be warmest year on record
• The Wildlife Trusts’ marine highlights and challenges of 2023
• Looking back at top moments for the environment in 2023
• 2023 was second warmest year on record for UK
• BASC Wildlife Fund: benefitting Capercaillie, hen harriers and waterfowl
• Storm overflows monitoring hits 100% target
• Rum National Nature Reserve welcomes newest residents
• Rare dragonflies discovered at Mar Lodge Estate
• 70% of UK adults support grouse shooting on United Utilities land
• Rare ‘new’ whale may have been spotted for only the second time
• Help blue beetles this Blue Monday
• Surge in red squirrels spotted on Scottish defence training estate
• Police and charities team up to tackle livestock worrying
• New approach agreed for tackling weeds on city streets
• Big Garden Birdwatch - begin 2024 by spending an hour helping nature and helping yourself!
• High-tech aerial mapping reveals England’s hedgerow landscape
• Nature recovery to be accelerated as the government delivers on measures to protect land and sea
• Welcome targets on nature recovery in National Parks but bolder action needed
• Extra payments available for large woodland projects
• Hottest on record is becoming old news, we must tackle climate change in Kent before it is too late
• UK Government must raise ambition for nature positive development say The Wildlife Trusts
• Children's author Michael Morpurgo backs project bringing city children into nature and farming
• First Scotland-wide drugs and microplastics test of rivers launched
• Vital new wetland habitat protected with announcement of a new King’s National Nature Reserve
• Yorkshire Wildlife Park is celebrating yet another addition to their growing number of resident rare Giant Otters
• Ongoing opposition to the creation of new National Parks
• Fair and flexible approach could meet tree cover requirement for Welsh farms
• Side effects of wide scale forestation could reduce carbon removal benefits by up to a third
• 40 projects to benefit from £25 million funding for natural flood management
• Pregnancy testing with supersized glittery poo
• Nominations for new National Park
• Merger takes place between Anglia Ruskin University and Writtle
• Largest-ever Scottish seagrass planting programme launched by unique partnership
• Attracting young people to rural life
• New species of sea slug discovered in UK waters
• Seabird tracking sheds new light on migration
• PedAll inclusive cycling project celebrates receiving over £380k of National Lottery funding
• AI helps to detect invasive Asian hornets
• Drones could help cut cost of peatland restoration
• The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch results 2024: Gardens can play key role in nature’s recovery.
• New multi-million pound action plan launched to protect the River Wye
• The Wildlife Trusts say River Wye Action Plan is welcome but must go further to “restore the river to full health”
• The chough breeding season gets off to a flying start in Kent as the first eggs of the year are revealed
• Study shows that island bats are valuable allies for farmers
• First-of-its-kind study definitively shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss
• Nature degradation could cause a 12% loss to UK GDP
• Study shows bird and biodiversity benefits of better managed landscapes
• UK helps secure progress towards new legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution
• No shrinking violets! Conservation charity aims to create purple patch with mass planting of 20,000 violets to satisfy particular tastes of rare butterfly
• The north would benefit most from new hedgerows, our research reveals
• JNCC published the new UK Biodiversity Framework on behalf of the Four Countries’ Biodiversity Group.
• Risks to the long-term effectiveness of new biodiversity net gain scheme
• 9Trees Wins National Micro-Business of the Year award at the FSB Awards
• Loch Arkaig osprey chicks bound for Spain as dad’s catch plummets
• If you go down to the woods tonight…
• New scientific study undermines case for badger culling
• Dartmoor Marshals helping to protect National Park
• Northants water vole comeback starts with release at Nene Wetlands
• RHS says plant crocus bulbs now to boost bumblebees next spring
• Interconnectivity at heart of The Crown Estate’s new Nature Recovery approach
• Fifty Years Old and Still Going Strong
• How to become a registered environmental professional - Society for the Environment
• Green Pathways – addressing the green skills gap in Northumberland
• Cornwall’s A30 road upgrade homes in to provide perfect bat habitat
• The important work of nurturing trees
• Red squirrels staying strong!
• The Value of Mentoring
• Lurch from drought to deluge sees another mixed year for UK wildlife as National Trust thanks supporters who’ve helped hundreds of projects
• Natural History Museum scientists have described and named 190 new species to science in 2024
• New report finds glimmer of hope for endangered water voles
• Government steps in to save historic rights of way from being lost to the nation
• BASC funds police training to combat poaching
• Wet, wild and wonderful: The Wildlife Trusts bring the enchantment of rainforests to RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025
• Working with trees - a career in woodland conservation
• Volunteering in the Belfast Hills
• Effective Volunteer Management: Turning Passion into Purpose
• Celebrating 20 Years of Volunteer Impact
• BeeWalk – the national bumblebee monitoring scheme
• Q&A: What it’s like to work for Orkney’s ambitious eradication project
• Our response to the pause in the Sustainable Farming Incentive
• Of mice (and voles and beetles) and men
• Managing someone in mental health distress in the outdoors
• Be Tick Aware Campaign 2025
• Nature charities call for proposed mega offshore windfarm to be refused
• New research highlights opportunities to transform UK marine monitoring
• Institute signs letter urging for VAT removal on sunscreen for outdoor workers
• Trial Success for Grazing Goats
• Nature Towns and Cities launches with £15million investment
• Wales smashes peatland restoration target
• First-ever breeding bitterns at North Cave Wetlands nature reserve
• Government publishes plan to address presence of chemicals from pet flea and tick treatments in UK waterways
• Britain’s rarest breeding bird successfully raises four chicks
• Unique Highland juniper forest given special European status in UK first
• Hadrian’s Wall Wetlands
• New farmer-led research project explores how badger vaccination may be used within TB eradication strategy
• Chalk stream restoration paves the way for a historic reintroduction of endangered water voles to Surrey
• Threatened species benefit from multi-million pound investment to aid their recovery
• Action to restore seabird populations: Scottish Seabird Conservation Action Plan published.
• Major survey reveals mixed fortunes of precious farmland birds in South Downs
• Tracking nature’s response to the changing seasons with Nature’s Calendar
• Nature Organisations Welcome Canterbury City Council’s Decision to Save The Blean!
• Bringing nature home
• Trillions of insects fly above the UK – but radar reveals night species are vanishing