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Rare upland landscapes on English-Welsh border protected with expanded reserve

The 1,500 hectare Stiperstones Landscape national nature reserve is triple the size of the previously protected area.

Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2025

Natural England hails recovery of 150 struggling species

Chair Tony Juniper celebrates successes but says ‘collective endeavour’ needed to halt country’s decline in nature

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025

£13m scheme boosts rare wildlife but experts warn ‘time running out’ for nature

Rare species from water voles to adders across England have been helped with cash from the Species Recovery Programme’s capital grants scheme.

Evening Standard · Aug 12, 2025

‘The place is bleached, a dead zone’: how the UK’s most beloved landscapes became biodiversity deserts

National parks, famous for their rich natural heritage, should be at the heart of efforts to protect habitats and wildlife. Instead, experts say they are declining – fast

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2025

Sheep are destroying precious British habitats – and we taxpayers are footing the bill

Large parts of Dartmoor have been denuded of wildlife, harmed by farming and a mess of government schemes that are costly in every way, says naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2025

Labrador-sized big cat could be reintroduced into wild in UK within two years

Wildlife experts have said lynx could be the answer to managing the UK’s deer population

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2025

England wildlife regulator chair ‘enthusiastic’ about lynx rewilding

Views on apex predator still polarised, says Natural England head, as activists apply for trial release in Northumberland

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2025

Record number of rare hen harriers killed or missing in the past five years, RSPB warns

MPs to debate ban on driven grouse shooting after RSPB says more than 100 protected birds of prey killed or went missing in five years

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2025

Home of ‘Devil’s Punch bowl’ in Surrey declared national nature reserve

The area inspired literary giants such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Alfred Lord Tennyson, who wrote Flower In The Crannied Wall in Waggoners Well

Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2025

‘Musical insect’ extinct in the UK for over 30 years to be brought back from France

Researchers now face a tense wait to know how well the creatures have taken to their new home

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025