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Sarsen stone from Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve commemorates WWI Centenary and Oxfordshire village’s war dead

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...the Common so it is visible from the Ibstone Road and to walkers on the footpath. A community remembers A simple limestone plaque commemorating the village’s fallen soldiers is attached...

How I changed my career thanks to a Natural England apprenticeship

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Steve Walker surveying for bees and butterflies on the Kingley Vale NNR

When you think of an apprentice you’ll probably think of someone in their late teens, so it may surprise you to know that I started my apprenticeship with Natural England in my mid-thirties. To say it has been life changing is no understatement and making the decision to change my career later in life was surprisingly easy.

Welcome from the Chairman

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Welcome to Natural England’s new blog. This is a place where we’ll share updates on our work and stories from our staff - whether that's work on creating a continuous path around our coast and managing 140 National Nature Reserves, or conducting research on the recovery of the dormouse and monitoring populations of hen harriers.