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Lone stoat captured on Rousay after seven-month search
Trappers have caught a lone male stoat on the island of Rousay, ending a seven-month operation to remove the invasive predator. The capture…
Cornish fishermen trial floating 'scarecrow' to reduce seabird bycatch
Researchers and local fishermen have developed a floating buoy with a rotating head to deter seabirds from diving into fishing nets. Trials…
Northern Lights captured across Kent as geomagnetic activity reaches the south
Skywatchers across Kent were treated to a rare display of the aurora borealis last night, with sightings reported from Botany Bay to Dover.…
Nottinghamshire solar farm and battery storage project receives government approval
The Steeple Renewables Project has been granted consent to build a 450MW solar farm alongside a 150MW battery storage system near the decom…
World-first carbon storage platform installed in Liverpool Bay
A 4,370-ton structure has been installed off the coast to transport and store carbon dioxide in depleted gas reservoirs beneath the seabed.…
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust launches appeal to purchase and protect 87 hectares of grassland
The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust has secured a temporary agreement to prevent 87 hectares of land near Hawthorpe from returning to intensive…
Drone pilot uses thermal technology to find hidden wildfires in the Cairngorms
Three months after a major wildfire burned through the Cairngorms, pilot Pete Short is using thermal drones to locate hotspots still smould…
Marine Conservation Society volunteers track thirty years of beach litter
Since 1994, volunteers have surveyed the same 100-metre stretches of British coastline to record every item of rubbish found. This consiste…
Newcastle's 150-year-old 'Bendy Tree' named UK Tree of the Year
A wych elm in Newcastle, County Down, has become the first tree in Northern Ireland to win the UK Tree of the Year title. Shaped by decades…
Bluefin tuna return to UK waters following international conservation efforts
After disappearing from British waters in the 1960s due to overfishing, bluefin tuna have returned in significant numbers. Their recovery i…
Devon children invited to breed harvest mice for wild release
Fourteen-year-olds Eva Wishart and Emily Smith are recruiting 20 children to help rear harvest mice for release into the wild. The project …
Barn owl sightings increase across Yorkshire following successful conservation efforts
Barn owl populations in Yorkshire are recovering after decades of decline, thanks to the widespread provision of new nesting sites. With th…