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Yorkshire estate known as world’s first nature reserve gets Grade II listing
Eccentric Victorian owner of Waterton Park, near Wakefield, made pioneering decisions to protect wildlifeA Yorkshire parkland...
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Cinnamon frog species in ‘perilous state’ successfully bred in UK
Froglets from species classed as near-threatened arrive for the second time at Cotswolds wildlife parkA frog...
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Cranes, UK’s tallest bird, bred in higher numbers last summer than for centuries
At least 80 pairs recorded in 2023 after species began breeding again in 1979, having disappeared...
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‘Smart’ trap trial raises hopes American mink can be driven from UK
Conservation groups target ‘impossible dream' of eradicating invasive predators after success of East Anglia trialAmerican mink...
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‘Jewel of Britain’s nature crown’: Plan to restore rainforest welcomed by campaigners
Conservationists say government strategy to recover England’s degraded temperate rainforest is a good start but want...
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Decline of rare UK bat linked to tree felling for British empire’s fleets
Rife deforestation 500 years ago aligns with western barbastelle slump, finds study of bat DNAThe examples...