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The future of one of England’s most unique habitats could rest with play areas designed for children to interact with the rare environment, a science centre hopes. More than eight in 10 of the world’s chalk streams are found in England, but the current prolonged hot and dry weather puts pressure on the wildlife that…
A bird rarely seen in the UK has been caught on camera in Somerset, raising hopes that work to restore freshwater habitats could provide a refuge for it. The black-crowned night heron is widespread across Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe but has now been spotted at National Trust’s Holnicote Estate, near Minehead. This comes…
“We’ve had really dry weather but also it’s been really hot – and those things combined if you’re a livestock farmer means excessive pressure on livestock,” said Abi Reader, president of NFU Cymru. “You have to make sure they have enough water and shade, and we are getting farms with springs and streams drying up,”…
Sarah Duell, head of sustainability at the Land Registry, said the staff “really love it”. Initially, there were concerns that the land might “look a bit of a mess”. “But we got together and talked about the fact that it’s going to be pieces of the grass rather than the whole grass,” she said. “Once…
A record number of osprey chicks have delighted birdwatchers at a nature reserve. Five chicks have been given leg rings and tags after their birth at Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve in Cumbria. Cumbria Wildlife Trust said the increase was down to a new breeding pair joining the longstanding pair known as Blue 35 and White…
In 2024, the Amazon rainforest experienced its worst forest fires in over two decades, which the Copernicus Climate Change Service put down to “climate extremes and human activity”. “The 2025 figures are significant and show that it is possible to reduce the burned area in the country,” Vera Arruda, a researcher at the Amazon Environmental…
A tropical storm swirling in the US Gulf is expected to bring heavy rainfall and a “life-threatening storm surge” to the south-east of the country, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Tropical Storm Bertha was located about 105 miles (165km) south of Panama City, Florida, carrying windspeeds of 40mph (65 km/h) on Monday. “Bertha…
The speculation on what happens now inspired President Trump to post, external on his Truth Social platform that: “The People of Aberdeen, in Scotland, are dancing in the streets because the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has stated that he will be opening up, all the way, the invaluable North Sea Oil!”. He said it…
Some residents in northern Ontario were forced to evacuate due to the ongoing fires. One First Nations chief reported her community was “burnt to ashes”. Fires are also burning on the country’s west coast, where more than 59 active fires in British Columbia were reported on Friday. The British Columbia Wildfire Service said that 39…
