Why biodiversity day is every day. An explainer on Biodiversity Net Gain naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2024/05/22/why…

It's #NNRWeek !

Why not visit your local #NationalNatureReserve to appreciate the sights and sounds. Like our colleague who captured some nightingales singing!🐦‍⬛

Our team is getting ready for the Bio Blitz - looking forward to seeing some of you next Thursday, 30th May!

Why grasslands are great! And how to keep them that way.

Why not make a different kind of bug hotel this weekend and help to conserve hoverflies?

Learn more about Hoverfly Lagoons 2024 from the project lead, Ellen Rotheray

Sign up here: thebuzzclub.uk/hoverfly-lagoo…

Dave Goulson Hoverfly Lagoons University of Sussex

The Essex Young Farmers Show is this Sunday!

Come to Block F2, between the Equine Ring and Livestock Area, & meet our CSF team. Learn about SFI 23, Capital Grant Schemes and other questions you may have.

Essex Young Farmers Essex Young FarmersShow Essex Days Out

Our CSF team attended #TransitionLive last week and shared information on SFI 23 and Capital Grant Schemes.

If you missed it, they will be joining more farming shows this summer!

Curious to know more about England’s landscapes? 🏞️

We’ve launched a new website for our National Character Area profiles.

From interactive #maps to updated stats, this will help inform decision making about our precious #landscapes across the country.

naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2024/05/14/a-n…

Come and work with us! We have two vacancies for Reserve Managers working as part of our West Anglia team. (Ref:5879) Details & application via the link. civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j…

Join us 30 May at the Hexton Hills open day! Bio blitz, guided walks & chance to see this amazing site. It's free but spots are limited. Details & booking in link #NNRweek The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust National Trust in the East
10am-12: eventbrite.co.uk/e/863811893627…
2pm-4: eventbrite.co.uk/e/876566743727…

Our CSF team & citizen scientists are undertaking the first sediment fingerprinting trial to understand major sources of sediment #pollution !
The aim is to target advice & mitigation measures to improve water quality and manage #FloodRisk

#CitizenScience bit.ly/4bfrD05

This week, I was delighted to join Epping Forest Heritage Trust in welcoming Muslim Hikers & Muslim History Tours back to #EppingForest 🌳
You can read more about these excellent partnerships here:
benjaminmurphy.uk/?p=2438

Anybody else unusually proud of their composting? 🌿😅 Do you catch yourself daydreaming about it? 🌱🌟

It is of course, #NationalCompostingWeek ! 🎉 If you too would like this satisfaction 👆, we've got 30 compost bins to give away! - bit.ly/4ajttwc

What’s under the trees at Hexton? 🌲 Join me for a walk on 30th May with NE West Anglia Team for National Nature Reserve Week. Explore this ancient landscape and Natural England’s plans to restore it for nature
📌Book here eventbrite.co.uk/e/876566743727…
Chilterns National Landscape CBA East 'Rewilding' Later Prehistory

Very good to see further investment into the inspiring efforts of National Trust at Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire, including via a £1.3 million grant from Natural England. Nature recovery at scale, with impressive results already achieved, & more to come. itv.com/news/anglia/20…

Join us 30 May for an open day at Hexton Estate, in the N Chilterns. We're running a bio blitz and guided walks.
It's free but spots are limited so book early! Follow links for details #NNRweek
10am-12: eventbrite.co.uk/e/863811893627…
2pm-4: eventbrite.co.uk/e/876566743727…

Our #NNR team spotted their first Hairy Hawker of the year last week, newly emerged and still unfolding its wings.

Hairy Hawkers are one of the first dragonfly species to appear here in the spring.

Have you spotted any dragonflies yet?

Spring migrants continue to trickle in to our NE West Anglia Team #NNRs

This newly arrived Garden Warbler was in full song yesterday outside our Fenland NNR office.