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Devon’s Pebblebed Heaths National Nature Reserve to extended by nearly 90 hectares, the equivalent of 128 football pitches, to encompass a unique wetland

• Updated: 16 February 2024

Members of the public can attend a public drop-in session between 6pm and 9pm on Wednesday 7 February at the village hall in Snailbeach near Shrewsbury.

• Updated: 24 January 2024

West Penwith Moors and Downs (Halow ha GonyowPennwydh West) confirmed as latest SSSI.

• Updated: 28 June 2023

‘King’s Series of National Nature Reserves’ to be launched, with first to be declared in Lincolnshire

• Updated: 1 May 2023

David Rillie received a suspended prison sentence and was ordered to pay costs of almost £74,000, for illegally grazing cattle on a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

• Updated: 9 January 2023

The new ‘Wild Ennerdale National Nature Reserve’ will protect over 3,000 hectares of landscape comprising of water, forests and mountains.

• Updated: 15 November 2022

Cornwall has seen 26 green projects - all aimed at tackling declining biodiversity and restoring its natural environment - delivered since the G7 conference.

• Updated: 27 June 2022

A joint prosecution by Natural England and the Environment Agency for damages to the River Lugg has progressed following guilty pleas by the defendant.

• Updated: 19 May 2022

Banks of the River Lugg were damaged in December 2020 causing suspected significant and long-term ecological harm.

• Updated: 9 March 2022

Government seeking views on a ban of the retail sale of peat in horticulture by end of this Parliament

• Updated: 18 December 2021

Natural England’s decision means better protection for rare and endangered wild birds and plants that live in and by the lakes.

• Updated: 29 September 2021

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

To mark Landscapes for Life Week, the partners behind the UK’s first super National Nature Reserve (NNR) have agreed a 20-year vision for one of Britain’s most biodiverse landscapes.

• Updated: 22 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

Rare wildflowers, wildlife and medieval earthworks help Johnson’s Meadows win protected status.

• Updated: 29 July 2021

Beauty spot becomes England’s 225th National Nature Reserve over 30 years after public campaign to save it

• Updated: 2 July 2021

Natural England, in collaboration with Clinton Devon Estates, has announced today (Thursday 13 May), a new National Nature Reserve (NNR) for the vitally important East Devon Pebblebed Heaths near Exeter.

• Updated: 13 May 2021

A cluster of land along the River Dearne and its tributary the River Dove, near Barnsley, has been officially recognised as a Site of Special Scientific Interest by Natural England.

• Updated: 13 May 2021

Defra launches three-week consultation to determine details of the new interim licensing regime ahead of 2021 release of gamebirds on and around protected sites.

• Updated: 23 February 2021

The Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve will be one of the subjects of a new arts-based project.

• Updated: 11 February 2021