Goshawk: 'Rare' bird of prey spotted in County Durham, as the Wildlife Trust talks about its resurgence in the UK.

Learn how the RSPB accuses grouse moors of record hen harrier killings, but shooting groups reject the claims.

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GWCT study proves that legal predator control is vital for protecting ground-nesting birds like curlew, golden plover, and ...

The study is the first of its kind mapping out the extent and losses of heather moorland in the UK. By Katharine Hay Rural affairs correspondent Comment Published 7th May 2025, 12:45 BST ...

An area of land on the edge of Ilkley Moor will become a "habitat bank" to conserve wildlife and attract new species. The 140-acre Keighley Habitat Bank, between Silsden and Riddlesden, will ...

How Exmoor ponies on Greater Manchester moorland will help housebuilders meet targets The animals will improve a ‘habitat bank’ where developers can buy 'biodiversity units' to offset the loss ...

Moorland in Greater Manchester has been named as a habitat bank with the aim to conserve existing wildlife and attract new species. Under the scheme, developers will be able to purchase ...

Controversial moves to carpet a moorland haven for black grouse with a commercial plantation of mostly Sitka spruce have been suddenly halted by the government body that originally gave it the go ...

The SSSI was designated in 1989, and the National Park has worked to diversify the moorland habitat for nature conservation, aiming to achieve the SSSI ‘favourable’ condition.

A moorland site that was blighted by illegal waste dumping could become a “wetland habitat”.