More than 90% of freshwater habitats on England’s most precious rivers are in unfavourable condition, blighted by farming pollution, raw sewage and water abstraction, an…
View More ‘An utter disgrace’: 90% of England’s most precious river habitats blighted by raw sewage and farming pollutionTag: Natural England
Ministers warned England set to miss wildlife and biodiversity targets
England will not meet its biodiversity targets at current rates, the chair of Natural England has said, as he accused ministers of moving too slowly…
View More Ministers warned England set to miss wildlife and biodiversity targetsNew David Attenborough series about UK likely to be his last on location
During his decades-long career the authoritative yet reassuring face of Sir David Attenborough has appeared on screen from everywhere from Papua New Guinea to Chernobyl…
View More New David Attenborough series about UK likely to be his last on locationLandowners to urge environment secretary to stick with rewilding pledges
The head of Natural England and the chair of England’s largest landowners’ organisation are to meet the new environment secretary to urge him not to…
View More Landowners to urge environment secretary to stick with rewilding pledgesMore than 100 hen harriers fledge in England for first time in a century
Nearly 120 rare hen harrier chicks have fledged in England this year, the highest number for more than a century, England’s conservation agency has said.…
View More More than 100 hen harriers fledge in England for first time in a centuryPlan to scrap Natural England will disrupt net zero targets, experts say
Discussions about dismantling Natural England have sparked anxiety, with experts fearing this would further damage efforts to protect wildlife and reach net zero. Campaigners have…
View More Plan to scrap Natural England will disrupt net zero targets, experts sayNorfolk white-tailed eagle reintroduction project cancelled
A pioneering project to return white-tailed eagles to Norfolk for the first time in 200 years has been cancelled at the last minute to the…
View More Norfolk white-tailed eagle reintroduction project cancelledRewilding: should we bring the lynx back to Britain?
The maverick rewilder Derek Gow is wearing an extremely small pair of coral pink shorts as he introduces his three new Eurasian lynxes. He looks…
View More Rewilding: should we bring the lynx back to Britain?Grasshopper bred in captivity returns to East Anglia marshes
Britain’s largest grasshopper is being bred in captivity by citizen zookeepers and returned to marshes across East Anglia in a move to revive the endangered…
View More Grasshopper bred in captivity returns to East Anglia marshesHow creating wildlife crossings can help reindeer, bears – and even crabs
Every April, Sweden’s main highway comes to a periodic standstill. Hundreds of reindeer overseen by indigenous Sami herders shuffle across the asphalt on the E4…
View More How creating wildlife crossings can help reindeer, bears – and even crabs