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Enjoy, protect, respect the English countryside this summer
(22 May 2013) It’s been a long winter and now that summer is just around the corner, everyone’s itching to make the most of it and explore the countryside.
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Wildlife finds refuge in East Anglia’s ‘Noah’s Ark’
(20 May 2013) A farming couple is giving wildlife in Essex a vital helping hand by creating their own version of ‘Noah’s Ark’ on their farm. Thanks to their conservation work, lapwings, lizards, bumblebees, corn buntings and turtle doves are now to be found alongside the more traditional farm animals on Moverons Farm near Brightlingsea.
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Supporting Britain's beef farmers at Beef Expo 2013
(19 May 2013) At this week’s Beef Expo 2013, farmers will be able to get information and advice from Natural England staff and see exhibits and meet representatives from other organisations on our joint ‘one-stop’ trade stand.
Features
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Bowland Fells: Lesser black backed gulls
(24 May 2013) The population of lesser black-backed gulls at Bowland – which is a nationally important one - has declined in recent years. We are currently concerned at its low status.
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Myth buster: Full details of buzzard nest control licence
(23 May 2013) The recovery of the common buzzard population in England is a fantastic conservation success story and we should celebrate the fact that they can regularly be seen soaring above the countryside in most areas of the country.
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Badger control update: Public opportunity to comment opens for Dorset reserve pilot area
(22 May 2013) In February, Natural England confirmed that all criteria had been met to allow badger control to take place during the open season* in the pilot areas of west Somerset and west Gloucestershire, for the purpose of preventing the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB).
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New bat trapping guidance published
(17 May 2013) New guidance for bat surveyors and researchers on the use of capture and marking techniques, permissible under the authority of an appropriate licence, has been published by Natural England today.
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(16 May 2013) Defra have launched an interactive website today to ask businesses, stakeholders and the public for their ideas on how environment guidance and reporting requirements can be made simpler and easier to find.
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National Nature Reserve species of the month
(14 May 2013) Each month we'll be featuring a species that you could encounter on one of our beautiful National Nature Reserves.
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