...Defra’s 25 year plan around developing “a Nature Recovery Network to complement and connect our best wildlife sites, provide opportunities for species conservation” deliver net gain through planning help farmer...
...greater access to walkers and boosting the local economy. Minister for Rural Affairs Lord Gardiner joined Natural England colleagues and representatives from North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Northumberland councils at...
A new mobile exhibition showing our blue backyard and the underwater life of the Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight seas will be visiting events across the area this summer....
Natural England is taking a proactive step towards safeguarding the nature conservation interest of Langdon Ridge in Basildon, by declaring the area a new Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). This move will see 345 hectares of land receive legal …
An aerial picture of the Saddleworth Moor fire. Picture By NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsNatural England is today reminding moor-goers to take extra care as the UK heatwave continues...
Operations Director for the South of England, James Diamond discusses the recovery of ravens in England in recent years and addresses often inaccurate accounts of licensed killings relating to this...
Natural England’s Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserves Team recently climbed York Minster to colour-ring this year’s brood of four healthy peregrine falcon chicks. The team were invited along with...
Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) received the royal seal of approval from The Prince of Wales with water and food and supply chain companies at the Catchment Management Summit at Moreton on Marsh on the 29th of May. The event organised …
Natural England’s Catchment Sensitive Farming team and the Environment Agency are pioneering partnership working across the Defra family to educate young farmers and improve water quality for all. The Great Farm Challenge is a collaborative project, delivered by Natural England’s …
Hugh Darbishire received a Bees’ Needs Award from Lord Gardiner in November last year for work he is doing to support wild pollinators and farm wildlife on his 450 acre mixed farm. He is passionate about the wildlife that thrives …