News and communications

Over 1,000 miles of the King Charles III England Coast Path completed as Ramsgate to Whitstable stretch is officially opened.

• Updated: 25 October 2023

South East homes to butterflies and bees among creatures getting share of £14.5m support fund to fight extinction

• Updated: 14 September 2023

South coast homes to butterflies and bees among creatures getting share of £14.5m support fund to fight extinction

• Updated: 14 September 2023

Bees' Needs Week launches for 2023, encouraging everyone to protect pollinators

• Updated: 10 July 2023

Environment Agency funding sees eels, bullheads and brook lamprey back in England's rainforest.

• Updated: 30 January 2023

The Environment Agency helped fund Eythrope Wetland, transforming a meadow into home for 122 bird species, including teal, lapwing and ringed plover.

• Updated: 20 December 2022

Public asked to be vigilant after sightings of Asian hornets, an invasive species, are confirmed in Essex

• Updated: 28 September 2022

The awards recognise and celebrate examples of exemplary initiatives to support pollinators.

• Updated: 31 March 2022

Back from the Brink initiative sees Breckland-based Shifting Sands project use surprising methods and rabbits to bring about record numbers of rare species.

• Updated: 24 September 2021

An internationally important lowland raised peat bog between England and Wales celebrates its 30th birthday as a National Nature Reserve (NNR).

• Updated: 10 September 2021

The natural environment along Bradford Beck has had a welcome boost now a three year river restoration project is complete.

• Updated: 21 June 2021

Three tributaries of the River Tamar in Devon are about to be improved thanks to a new partnership project supported by the Environment Agency.

• Updated: 17 February 2021

As part of our celebrations for World Rivers Day we are showcasing our River Restoration works in Cumbria over the years in a blog from River Restoration Champion 2020 – Olly Southgate Environment Agency Project Manager

• Updated: 30 September 2020

The Environment Agency is warning drivers of 4x4 vehicles they could be subject to legal proceedings after a group of vehicles were seen being driven along a Shropshire river.

• Updated: 28 July 2020

Environment Agency officers have helped plant more than 500 new trees along the River Gipping to help restore it.

• Updated: 5 March 2020

Thursley National Nature Reserve in Surrey recognised as an excellent site for dragonflies and damselflies.

• Updated: 22 August 2019

Two new studies into groups of British beetles have been published by Natural England to provide a better picture of the conservation status of these insects.

• Updated: 1 August 2019

A stretch of the River Yare near Norwich has been improved thanks to a river habitat project.

• Updated: 23 May 2019

Simple actions to help pollinators and protect the vital contribution these insects make to our economy.

• Updated: 10 April 2019

Ban on the outdoor use of metaldehyde introduced to protect wildlife

• Updated: 19 December 2018