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The former Brecon Beacons has acknowledged it is facing an onslaught of environmental threats – with the UK’s national parks from Dartmoor to the Cairngorms facing similar pressures

In the last 50 years, 38 million birds have vanished from UK skies - and 97 per cent of our wildflower meadows have been lost since the 1930s

The Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is a reclusive bird belonging to the heron family. Close to the size of a chicken, bitterns are a mix of golden-brown mottled with delicate black and tan. With long, green legs and large feet, these birds are adapted for skulking through reedbeds – the…

Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire: At a reserve with some fascinating history, I’m taken by a courteous couple drifting on the lake

Once-extinct, bitterns make booming ‘foghorn’ noise to attract mates with 228 calling males counted in last breeding period

"We now have a few short years during which we can still make a choice, where just enough remains of the natural world for it to recover. This starts and ends with us"

The 96-year-old naturalist will appear in a new documentary that looks at the people in the UK trying to fight against the decline in nature

Naturalist and broadcaster says we all need to urgently repair our relationship with the planet

A new film called Saving Our Wild Isles ‘celebrates’ the stories of people trying to combat environmental issues in the UK.