Nature on Dartmoor
Reflections from Wes Smyth, Natural England’s Area Manager on how we ensure Dartmoor’s unique wildlife is preserved for future generations. Dartmoor is special, a working landscape with wide open moorland...
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Welcoming the Government response to the Independent Review of Protected Site Management on Dartmoor
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Dave Slater, Posted on:
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Biodiversity, Farming, Landscapes, Peat, Protected sites and species, Science and evidence, Site of Special Scientific Interest
...largest in the country across vast swathes of moorland in Central Dartmoor. Ancient oak woodland in Dartmoor The Review also recognises that the top biodiversity priority for Dartmoor is to...
Dartmoor – next steps from the Independent Review
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Natural England, Posted on:
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Biodiversity, Farming, Landscapes, Natural England, Site of Special Scientific Interest, wildlife and farming
...Management on Dartmoor has been published today and makes a number of recommendations on the future of Dartmoor. We welcome this review and will consider the recommendations in detail, along...
Dartmoor: achieving a future with thriving agriculture and thriving nature
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Dave Slater, Posted on:
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Biodiversity, Environment Act, Farming, Landscapes, National Nature Reserve, Natural England, Protected sites and species, Science and evidence, Wildlife, wildlife and farming
Image: Natural England By Dave Slater, NE Regional Director for the South West Since our previous blog reflecting on the condition of Dartmoor’s special habitats there has been a lot...
Peat pilots set to revive English peatlands
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Natural England, Posted on:
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Landscapes and access, Protected sites and species
...North York Moors, East Anglia and Dartmoor. Peatland sites are often thousands of years old, and Natural England estimates that England’s peatlands now store around 580 million tonnes of carbon...
Fluctuating fortunes in a year of great bird books
...whose predatory habits can cause controversy. He began studying the buzzard on Dartmoor back in the 1950s when it was very much less common and widespread than it is today....
More people are getting outdoors
...type. The proportion of those who indicated that they never visit the natural environment has been relatively stable over the past seven years. Outdoor group on Dartmoor. Credit: Natural England/Stuart...
Reflections: Using nature to overcome 21st Century water challenges
...flooding. Dendles Wood - Dartmoor Special Area of Conservation We have worked with Southampton University students and partners on our ‘Hedges and Edges’ project in Hampshire and West Sussex. The...
National Parks and AONBs can be the backbone of Nature’s recovery
...back in control to provide better habitat for wading birds and more flower-rich hay meadows. And we are working with three National Parks - Northumberland, North York Moors and Dartmoor...
Living England: From Satellite Imagery to a National Scale Habitat Map
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Alexandra Kilcoyne and the Living England team, Posted on:
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Biodiversity, Mapping, Natural England, Science and evidence
...to areas requiring further information. A stream in Dartmoor National Park - Defra What can it be used for? The Living England Habitat Probability Map provides an up-to-date prediction of...