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£5m lottery funding for disadvantaged communities to ‘rewild’ their local areas

Disadvantaged communities are being given the opportunity to bring nature to their doorstep with £5 million for local rewilding projects, it has been announced. The National Lottery Heritage Fund is putting the money into the “nextdoor nature” ...

17 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Osprey pair reunite as female returns to nest for third season

A female osprey has been reunited with her mate after returning to her nest at a nature reserve for a third season. The bird, known as NC0, landed on the nest at the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve in Perthshire ...

24 Mar 2022 at 14:55

Survey of squashed bugs on number plates suggests ‘terrifying’ insect declines

A citizen science project asking people to count squashed bugs on their car number plates suggests flying insects have declined nearly 60% in less than 20 years. The “windscreen phenomenon” is anecdotal evidence from drivers that they ...

05 May 2022 at 01:25

Warning over ‘hazardous substances’ as crowds head to open water to cool down

Swimmers seeking refuge from Britain’s record temperatures in open water have been told they could be risking their health because of the hazardous chemical substances and sewage from storm overflows in UK rivers. As well as taking ...

19 Jul 2022 at 16:22

Bison take to new Kent woodland home in scheme to curb climate and nature crises

Bison have been introduced into an ancient British woodland to help tackle the nature and climate crises, conservationists said. The release, led by Kent Wildlife Trust and the Wildwood Trust, forms part of a £1.12 million project ...

18 Jul 2022 at 15:46

Wetlands ‘must be restored on enormous scale’ to cope with more droughts

Wetlands need to be restored “on an enormous scale” to tackle a future of more dry summers, conservationists have said, as the spectre of drought looms. The Wildlife Trusts says the loss of wetlands in the past century, from ...

04 Aug 2022 at 15:05

‘Very little meaningful rain’ forecast as temperatures set to climb next week

Forecasters are warning there is “very little meaningful rain” on the horizon for parched areas of England as temperatures are set to climb into the 30s next week. The Met Office said parts of England could see temperatures ...

04 Aug 2022 at 16:09

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 ...

26 May 2022 at 01:01

‘Super’ nature reserve created across 15,000 acres of wetland, heath and coast

A new “super nature reserve” is being created across 15,000 acres of the Somerset landscape to protect saltmarsh, heath and wetland habitats. Government conservation agency Natural England has announced a new Somerset ...

19 May 2022 at 01:01

Bug splat survey shows ‘potentially catastrophic declines’ in insect numbers

A project asking people to count squashed bugs on their car number plates suggests flying insects have declined by nearly two-thirds in less than 20 years. The citizen science Bugs Matter survey, led by conservation ...

15 Dec 2022 at 01:01

Increased payments for farmers to protect the environment

Farmers are to get increased payments for protecting and boosting nature, the Government has announced as it faces pressure to deliver new environmental subsidies. Speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference, Farming ...

05 Jan 2023 at 13:45

Environment Secretary accused of having ‘no control’ over her department

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey has been accused of losing control over her department after publishing a water plan that “reeks of desperation”. Launching her Plan for Water from the London Wetlands Centre ...

04 Apr 2023 at 17:54

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