The Latest Breaking News from Natural England

UK’s giant white-tailed eagles return to Exmoor National Park, farmers fear heavy losses

In a groundbreaking move for Exmoor National Park, the iconic white-tailed eagle is making a comeback with plans to liberate 20 eagles over the next three years, a project greenlit by Natural England to enhance biodiversity. While this initiative promises to enrich the ecosystem, apprehension looms among local farmers regarding…

The Times of India · May 13

Britain’s largest bird of prey to return to Exmoor skies despite farmer’s concerns

White-tailed eagles will be reintroduced to southern England, the government has announced

The Independent UK · May 13

‘Sickening’ waste covering area size of football pitch found at protected site

The area where the 30,000 tonnes of waste has been dumped is ‘well-concealed’ and was only found after members of the public reported a bad smell.

Evening Standard · Apr 29

Coast to Coast Path becomes England’s newest National Trail

Plotted in 1973 by Alfred Wainwright, the beloved route finally has official recognition

The Independent UK · Mar 26

Environment Agency too weak to tackle illegal waste dumping, MPs say

Regulator for England lacks powers to deal with what the public accounts committee calls an ‘out-of-control plague’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25

King opens world’s longest managed coastal walk – but much of it is still closed off

Landowner disputes, coastal erosion and disused ferry hindering completion of King Charles III England coast path

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19

Lost species to be released as Labour seeks to stave off Greens’ election threat

Push for good nature news before polls with reintroduction of white-tailed eagles, pine martens and beavers in England

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25

‘A beaver blind date’: animals given freedom to repopulate Cornish rivers

Release into Helman Tor reserve marks historical first for keystone species hunted to extinction in UK 400 years ago

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9

Beavers to be released at two sites in South West

Natural England said it has issued two further licences to release the semi-aquatic animals.

Evening Standard · Feb 7

Pennines delight as drone survey offers hope for one of UK’s rarest birds

Conservationists find dunlin chicks thriving in boggy habitat created in collaboration with landowners

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3