Natural England
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We're here to establish thriving #nature for people and planet by building partnerships for nature’s recovery.
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We are pleased to work with RSPB England to monitor hen harriers, and welcome the encouraging increase in England.
However, illegal killing still casts a shadow over valuable partnership work to recover populations, and we continue to support the police in their investigations.
Trees are vital for climate, nature and people. 🌳
Our CEO Marian Spain joined Forestry Commission’s CEO Richard Stanford, at Cranborne Estate to see best practice in #woodland management and discuss how collaboration can create multi-functional woodland.
naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2024/04/08/wor…
Happy #InternationalBeaverDay ! In April 2023 our specialists and partners attended Britain's first Beaver Conference held by Beaver Trust. One year on here is a reminder of this fantastic event and keynote delivered by our very own Tony Juniper!
beavertrust.org/wp-content/upl…
CEOs Richard Stanford and Marian Spain met Cranborne Estate to discuss how we can work together to create a resilient, nature-rich and productive wooded landscape.
Read our statement with Natural England gov.uk/government/pub…
📢 From today #BiodiversityNetGain is mandatory for small development sites across England.
This applies to residential projects with 1-9 homes on 1 ha or less, and commercial projects with <1,000 sq. metres of floor space.
More on exemptions ⬇️
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/04/02/bio…
Are you ready to meet our new Countryside Code champions? 📢
We've enlisted a few friendly faces to help show you how to #ChampionYourCode ...
Meet Hamza, Imogen, Callum and Amy!
Find out more:
rb.gy/dl99m4
#CountrysideCode #RespectProtectEnjoy #Ad
Very good to meet new NFU President Tom Bradshaw Tom Bradshaw at Grange Farm, Mears Ashby, Northants. Much common ground for Nature recovery & farming. We saw work of farmer Andrew Pitts, to combine increased soil carbon, crops & biggest flock of Yellowhammer I’ve seen for ages.
Great to see @NationalTrust #LizardRarites project making a media splash today!
Fantastic on the ground action through NE #speciesrecoverprogramme funding, reversing declines of rare plants, lichens, liverworts and the grayling butterfly on the Lizard👏
theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m….
Adder. Nightjar. Grayling butterfly. 🦋
These are precious species benefiting from a heathland restoration project on Bucklebury common in North Wessex Downs National Landscape. ⬇️
This is one of 20 projects awarded through the government's #SpeciesSurvivalFund in partnership with The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Fancy helping a hedgehog? 🦔
The National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme needs volunteers to help count #hedgehogs across England. We’re proud to fund this new pilot project.
Sign up to be a ‘spotter’ here: nhmp.co.uk.
People's Trust for Endangered Species Hedgehog Society
Chalk streams are our rainforest, our icecap, and we need to look after them.
We can only hope to achieve nature’s recovery by working with others.
Delivering the #ChalkStream Restoration Strategy can restore these iconic habitats for generations to come.
#WorldWaterDay
A new byelaw prohibiting the use of bottom towed gear in specific areas within 13 English offshore #marineprotectedareas that contain valuable reef and rocky habitats is now in force: bit.ly/3IR1ecR
Defra UK
Image credit: Natural England/ Keith Hiscock
#hiddenseas
Hoppy #WorldFrogDay ! 🐸
What's not to love about this awesome amphibian? wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explo…
A fantastic feature today on Farming Today on the extension to the Pebblebed Heath NNR, which we announced in February with ClintonDevonEstates.
Listen here (starts at 20 seconds):
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
#NNR
Two species of rare #bee are thriving on #BarrBeacon Local Nature Reserve in #Waslall thanks to Walsall Council's heathland restoration work with Natural England's Purple Horizons Partnership #NatureRecovery project.
Discover which species bees here:
go.walsall.gov.uk/newsroom/rare-…