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UK capercaillies could be extinct again in 20-30 years, report warns

The “iconic” capercaillie is likely to become extinct again in the UK within two to three decades if the current trend in population decline continues, a report has warned. The study, from a sub-group of the NatureScot Scientific Advisory Committee ...

25 Feb 2022 at 12:55

Endangered adult pine hoverfly spotted in wild for first time in years

A critically endangered adult pine hoverfly has been spotted in the wild in Britain for the first time in nearly a decade following conservation efforts, experts have said. The discovery comes after staggered releases of larvae in October 2021 and ...

10 Jun 2022 at 11:11

Five landscape-scale nature projects from city edges to wetlands announced

Up to 99,000 hectares of land in England, from city fringes to wetlands, will be focused on supporting wildlife in five major “nature recovery” projects, the Government said. The five landscape-scale projects in the West Midlands, Cambridgeshire, ...

26 May 2022 at 01:01

Landowners win legal challenge over Dartmoor wild camping

Two landowners have won a High Court challenge against the right to wild camp without permission on the Dartmoor National Park. Farmers Alexander and Diana Darwall argued that some wild campers on their land caused problems to livestock and the ...

13 Jan 2023 at 13:01

Beaver family moved to Loch Lomond in biodiversity drive

A family of beavers has been moved to Loch Lomond as part of efforts to boost biodiversity and the population of “nature’s engineers”. Loch Lomond is only the third location in Scotland where a beaver translocation has taken place since the ...

31 Jan 2023 at 00:01

£1 million bid launched to return historical dew ponds to South Downs

A £1 million fundraising campaign has been launched to bring “amazing” dew ponds back to the South Downs landscape to create breeding grounds for frogs, toads, newts. The national park authority is planning to restore 100 of the ponds ...

05 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Landowners’ legal challenge is ‘attack’ on Dartmoor wild camping, court told

Two landowners’ legal challenge over the right to camp on the Dartmoor National Park is an “attack” on a “long established practice of great importance”, the High Court has been told. Alexander and Diana Darwall, who have lived at ...

13 Dec 2022 at 18:09

National park visitor centres saved after anonymous donor steps in

Four visitor centres in a UK national park have been saved from potential closure thanks to an anonymous donor. The centres in the Peak District National Park could have been shut due to funding pressures but have now been saved, ...

07 Jun 2023 at 07:55

Wildcats set to save species from extinction born at wildlife park

The wildcat kittens which are likely to be among the first of the species to be released into the wild in Britain have been born. Sixteen wildcats were paired up earlier in the year the Saving Wildcats conservation centre at the ...

19 May 2022 at 01:01

Right to wild camp on Dartmoor to be challenged at Supreme Court

The right to wild camp on Dartmoor is set to be scrutinised by the Supreme Court after it gave the go-ahead for two landowners to continue their long-running legal challenge against it. Lawyers for Alexander and Diana Darwall ...

10 Jan 2024 at 15:15

‘Spellbinding’ image of autumn leaves in the snow wins South Downs photo prize

A “spellbinding” image of autumn leaves resting on a snowy landscape has won the annual photographic competition run by the South Downs National Park. The shot called Snow On Wolstonbury, taken by Matt Goddard, won the ...

08 Jan 2024 at 10:28

Beavers to return to Cairngorms after 400 years

Beavers will return to the Cairngorms for the first time in 400 years after a licence was granted for their release. NatureScot has approved an application from the Cairngorms National Park Authority to release up to ...

05 Dec 2023 at 15:08

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