Major UK nature, science and conservation organisations are warning that the impact of the coronavirus has dealt a significant blow to nature’s recovery and their ability to provide natural solutions to climate change. The charities are very concerned that the financial aid government is currently offering will not be sufficient to enable them to carry…
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Press release – National Trust
National Trust acquires vital new stretch of coastal land to help create a new home for nature Former golf course will help conservation charity create new 30 hectare coastal nature reserve National Trust and partners will start work once restrictions due to Covid-19 are lifted Sand dunes and wetland habitats will be restored to help…
Heather burning banned by three large landowners
The Guardian website is running this story ahead of tomorrow’s Observer. It states that the National Trust, Yorkshire Water and United Utilities have all put major restrictions on routine heather burning as practised by grouse shooting interests, and not just for this year. It is of course notable that these three landowners have the public…
Wicken Fen
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I was at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, on Sunday afternoon just as the weather turned nice. And a friend was there yesterday at dusk. At the moment, at dusk, it is a great place to see Hen Harriers as they come in to roost. A group of us had fantastic views on Sunday of several ringtails…
National Trust celebrates its 125th anniversary with new ambitions – press release
National Trust outlines fresh ambition in landmark speech by Director General Charity will become carbon net zero by 2030 20 million trees to be planted and established over ten years to tackle climate change, creating new woodland ‘one and a half times the size of Manchester or equivalent to 42 new Sherwood Forests’ Ambitious plans…
Press release – National Trust to release Beavers in England
National Trust announces first beaver reintroductions The National Trust has announced plans to release Eurasian beavers at two sites in the south of England next spring to help with flood management and to improve biodiversity. The beaver reintroductions will be the first made by the conservation charity, linking to its ambitions to create priority habitats…
Press release – National Trust
First seal pups seen on the National Trust’s Farne Islands The first Atlantic grey seal pups of the season have been spotted on the Farne Islands, just off the Northumberland coast. Globally, the Atlantic grey seal is one of the rarest seal species and is a protected sea mammal. Global numbers are estimated to…
Press release – National Trust
NATIONAL TRUST ANNOUNCES IT WILL DIVEST FROM ALL FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES Europe’s biggest conservation charity has just over £1billion invested in stock markets with the returns vital for helping protect and care for special places Majority of fossil fuel equity divestments to be made within 12 months Charity currently makes its own green heat and…
National Trust press release
Common crane successfully breeds at Wicken Fen for the first time in at least 120 years A rare common crane chick has hatched at the National Trust’s Wicken Fen nature reserve in Cambridgeshire for the first time since the conservation charity acquired the nature reserve in 1899 and started species records. The Trust suspects that…
National Trust press release
Puffin. Photo: ©National Trust Images/Paul Kingston Farnes puffin numbers rally after initial concern in five-yearly survey results Results from a five-yearly survey reveal puffin numbers are stable on the remote Northumberland Farne Islands, cared for by the National Trust. Last May concerned rangers speculated that the initial low numbers from the outlying islands of this…