Tag Archives: Natural England
Shooters hit with £165,000 after damage to SSSI
A field sports company that damaged Farndale Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the North Yorkshire National Park have been hit with a total of £165,000 in fines and costs at York Crown Court. The company also has it’s own £145,000 defence bill to pay bringing the total cost to £310,000. The company, Yorks Sport [...]
London ecologist cautioned over fake licences
In the first case of it’s type Natural England and the Metropolitan Police formally cautioned a London based ecologist after the discovery of forged protected species licences. The combined operation also resulted in the seizure of 3 forged licences – 2 covering common dormice and 1 covering greated crested newts. Conditional caution issued to ecologist. The unnamed [...]
Latest UK Countryside Survey released and not good news for pollinators.
The 2007 Countryside Survey is now available for download, the latest audit of the UK countryside reveals more information about declining pollinator – especially bees – numbers in the wild. The survey undertaken regularly since 1978 is one of the worlds leading land use surveys and offers insights into trends of land use. The latest [...]
Captive bred spiders return to the wild
Natural England ecologist Dr Helen Smith has been carefully hand raising thousands of baby spiders since the spring and they have just been released back into the wild in Suffolk. The fen raft spiders that have been released into Suffolk Wildlife Trust reserve at Castle Marshes is one of the rarest species in the UK. [...]
Britain’s Countryside Farmers of the Year named
This years Countryside Farmer of the Year Award has been given to two cousins, Brian and Patrick Barker, from Suffolk. The award was given to the cousins for their work in the farming industry including their commitment to wildlife on their farm Lodge and Kiln Farm at Westhorpe near Stowmarket. Their work in conservation included [...]
Rare moths surviving in English woodland canopy
After two years and more than 22,500 recordings, Natural England has released the results of their latest moth survey in woodland designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). the survey covered 45 SSSI woodlands and was undertaken during 180 separate sampling sessions. During the survey 1083 species of moths was recorded living in the [...]