East Midlands
The region covers Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire and the Peak District.
For more about our work in the East Midlands click the links on the left.
Regional news
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Farmer guilty of damaging one of Derbyshire’s finest conservation sites
(2 March 2012) A Derbyshire farmer has been ordered to pay financial penalties totalling £18,710 and to carry out restoration work at his own expense, after admitting to carrying out un-authorised activities in an area legally protected for its rare geological features and upland habitats, within the Peak District National Park.
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Farmer fined for series of bird trapping offences
(27 February 2012) In the first case of its type in England, a Market Harborough farmer was fined £2500 (plus costs) on Monday 27 February, at Leicester Magistrates Court, after being found guilty of trapping birds on his land without an appropriate licence.
Regional features
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Northamptonshire’s Upper Nene Valley is Europe’s newest Special Protection Area.
(12 January 2012) Following four years of close cooperation between local authorities, developers and key stakeholders, 1386 hectares of Northamptonshire’s wetland and surrounding areas across the Upper Nene Valley were designated last July by Defra.
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(4 January 2012) Entry to the reserves is free, but there may be a small charge for some events.
