Natural England - Press releases 2008
Press releases 2008
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Fenland farming efforts given a boost, all because of the FBI!
(15 December 2008) The RSPB and Natural England have responded to the disturbing decline in farmland birds and are determined make some changes right here in the heart of East Anglia in the Cambridgeshire Fens.
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Not your bog standard bumblebee!
(22 October 2008) First sighting of cuckoo bumblebee in Norfolk for five decades
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Environment at tipping point in the East
(16 October 2008) The natural environment is balanced at a critical tipping point, says a consortium of the top 20 groups concerned about the environment in the East of England.
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From flying flocks to grass verges – it all counts
(6 October 2008) Natural England announces a £1 million boost for East of England’s threatened biodiversity: The tiny hazel dormouse, often isolated in safe pockets of wildlife friendly reserves in Suffolk, and farmland birds such as corn bunting, linnet, and stone curlew - once familiar childhood sights but now rarely are amongst habitats and species due to benefit from one of the biggest ever wildlife preservation projects.
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New Environmental Stewardship handbooks available online
(3 October 2008) Natural England has today (Friday 3 October) published new Environmental Stewardship (ES) handbooks to provide farmers with a comprehensive guide to ES and how to apply.
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Natural England lifts the lid on the wonders of our undersea landscapes with its magical maps
(23 September 2008) Less than one in a hundred of the population can name a feature of a landscape under English seas, according to research by Natural England, even though there is incredibly dramatic topography out there. People know and love the Broads, the Brecks and Constable Country, but they have almost no idea of what amazing features exist under the seas near to them.
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(15 August 2008) Legal protection for a rare frog with a distinctive accent was announced today by Minister for Wildlife, Joan Ruddock.
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Green exercise builds skills and pulls weeds
(14 August 2008) Innovative Green Exercise programme targets hard to reach groups and areas
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Little terns fledge in record numbers on remote nature reserve
(13 August 2008) Record numbers of little terns – one of Britain’s rarest seabirds - have fledged at Natural England’s remote Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve near Brancaster. This year 160 pairs of adults nested and fledged 200 young in the reserve’s best year since records began in 1923.
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Stody Estate in Norfolk takes top honours in Natural England regional farming award
(11 August 2008) Mrs Adel MacNicol, owner of the Stody Estate in Melton Constable, Norfolk, and her estate team have triumphed in this years regional final of Natural England’s national farming award scheme.
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Green Farming Schemes in Suffolk Reaping Benefits After 21 Years
(4 August 2008) This summer, Suffolk celebrates 21 years of green farming which has seen local farmers make a huge difference to wildlife and the landscape.
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Green Farming Schemes in Cambridgeshire Reaping Benefits After 21 Years
(4 August 2008) This summer, Cambridgeshire celebrates 21 years of green farming which has seen local farmers make a huge difference to wildlife and the landscape.
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Green Farming Schemes in Essex Reaping Benefits After 21 Years
(4 August 2008) This summer, Essex celebrates 21 years of green farming which has seen local farmers make a huge difference to wildlife and the landscape.
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Green Farming Schemes in Norfolk Reaping Benefits After 21 Years
(4 August 2008) This summer, Norfolk celebrates 21 years of green farming which has seen local farmers make a huge difference to wildlife and the landscape.
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Cambridgeshire lifeline for stranded birds
(23 June 2008) For a second successive year flooding at the 2400ha Ouse Washes has destroyed hundreds of nests and chicks of internationally important ground nesting waders as well as the nests and eggs of hundreds of ducks.
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Landscape, livestock and food – Still shaping our region
(19 June 2008) The public are invited to celebrate and enjoy some of the food, traditions and culture that have shaped this region at the East Anglian Food Festival in Stowmarket, Suffolk on Sunday 22 June.
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Natural England announces new SSSI in Cambridgeshire
(10 June 2008) The first Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) to be notified by Natural England has been announced today (Tuesday 10 June).
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The East of England needs a new approach to the natural environment, says Natural England
(19 May 2008) Natural England publishes its first report into the state of the natural environment.
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A Monument to the natural environment
(6 May 2008) Today marks the launch of the biggest environmental agreement in the East region which will see monumental benefits for the natural environment.
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Important wildlife sites flourish under Natural England
(9 April 2008) England’s best sites for wildlife are improving at a record-breaking rate under Natural England’s conservation management.
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Natural England launches its Future of Farming Awards 2008
(7 April 2008) Farmers and farm managers across the East of England are invited to enter Natural England’s 2008 Future of Farming Awards.
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The health benefits of green spaces and tree-lined streets need to be realised, says Natural England
(1 April 2008) Great inroads could be made into urban ill health if just a fraction of the NHS annual budget for preventative health was spent on the natural environment in our towns and cities, says Natural England.
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Over £1 million of help for fragile habitats and species in the East of England
(11 March 2008) The East of England has received £1,116,000 of funding in less than three years from SITA Trust to help support 25 different conservation and biodiversity projects across the region.
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Green Scheme helps Green Beetle in Thetford
(10 March 2008) A chance pit stop on the side of the A11 near Thetford lead to the discovery of the best site in Britain for a scarce ground beetle.
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Sea-level rise threatens bittern’s conservation success
(4 March 2008) The bittern – one of the UK’s greatest bird conservation priorities – will have an uncertain future in Britain if more is not done to protect this wetland bird from the ravages of climate change and sea level rise.
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Volunteer frog detectives help Natural England to track frog fungus
(14 February 2008) Amateur amphibian experts across the East of England are being trained to track a potentially deadly disease that could have a devastating effect on frogs, toads and newts.
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How Fisher’s estuarine moth is being saved from the sea in Essex
(14 February 2008) One of the rarest and most highly threatened insects in Britain is now being protected on the Essex coast, through Natural England environmental schemes.
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(25 January 2008) Cooking, composting and the countryside were three of the things which pupils from an Essex school took time out of the classroom to learn about this week.
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(25 January 2008) Cooking, composting and the countryside were three of the things which pupils from an Essex school took time out of the classroom to learn about this week.
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Buffalo improve wildlife habitat in Cambridgeshire
(24 January 2008) Three new additions to a herd of water buffalo are keeping nature reserve staff busy on a Cambridgeshire fen.
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England’s neglected heathlands
(21 January 2008) The poor condition of lowland heathland across England is putting stone curlews, nightjars and sand lizards and other endangered species of animals and plants in even greater danger of extinction, warns Natural England.
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Green Scheme helps yellowhammer on red list
(2 January 2008) The yellowhammer – a threatened bird species, is flourishing at a Suffolk farm thanks to help from Natural England scheme.