Biodiversity UK
This article focuses on information specific to the United Kingdom. Please see our Biodiversity page for a topic overview.
What communities can do
- Postcode gardeners, How hiring a postcode gardener can bring nature back to your street, /experiments.friendsoftheearth.uk
- Rewilding projects
Resources
Citizens data initiative
England biodiversity indicators, National Statistics, GOV.UK
Nature’s Calendar, Woodland Trust site to help see the effects of global warming on Nature’s Calendar
Maps
Magic, geographic information about the natural environment from across government.
Networks
- Extinction Rebellion Rewilding on facebook.com, see also: Save The Oaks, a radical act of love ...Trees, woodland and forest UK, Campaigns
- "XRR is a rewilding wing of Extinction Rebellion, with over 10K members. Our aims are to rewild and regenerate.
- To plant trees. Create forest gardens. Rewilded landscapes. Encourage community permaculture and sharing. Reforest moors. Flourish wild inner landscapes.
- We actively seek to reach out & collaborate with individuals and environment-focussed groups who share similar aims."
Other resources
- Countryside Survey, 2007
- Environment Agency, information from GOV.UK. Non-departmental public body, sponsored by the United Kingdom government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), with responsibilities relating to the protection and enhancement of the environment in England W
- How to include wildlife in Neighbourhood Plans, sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk
- Natural England, information from GOV.UK. Non-departmental public body of the UK government responsible for ensuring that England's natural environment, including its land, flora and fauna, freshwater and marine environments, geology and soils, are protected and improved. It also has a responsibility to help people enjoy, understand and access the natural environment. W
- Wild About Gardens
Research
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology W, United Kingdom's Centre of Excellence for integrated research in hydrology, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their interaction with the atmosphere.
Video
News and comment
see separate article: Biodiversity UK news
Events
2015
September 26 - October 4, Red Squirrel Week The Wildlife Trusts
Nature recovery network
- Nature Recovery Network, Policy paper, Updated 11 November 2020 gov.uk
- Nature Recovery Network, wildlifetrusts.org
National nature reserves in England
National nature reserves in England are designated by Natural England as key places for wildlife and natural features in England. They were established to protect the most significant areas of habitat and of geological formations. NNRs are managed on behalf of the nation, many by Natural England itself, but also by non-governmental organisations, including the members of The Wildlife Trusts partnership, the National Trust, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
There are 229 NNRs in England covering 939 square kilometres (363 square miles). Often they contain rare species or nationally important species of plants, insects, butterflies, birds, mammals, etc.
Campaigns
- Putting nature recovery into law, rewildingbritain.org.uk, added 17:12, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
- Save our roadside flowers, littlegreenspace.org.uk
See also
- Ethical consumerism UK
- Food UK
- Open spaces UK
- Trees, woodland and forest UK
- local information can be found, or shared, via our many UK location pages
External links
- Rewilding Britain, added 15:31, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- Amphibian and Reptile Groups of the UK
- Animal Aid, animal rights organisation. The group campaigns peacefully against all forms of animal abuse - including the consumption of animals as food and their use for medical research - and promotes a cruelty-free lifestyle. It also investigates and exposes animal cruelty. W
- Bat Conservation Trust W
- British Trust for Ornithology W
- Buglife, British based nature conservation charity headquartered in Cambridgeshire, England with additional offices in Scotland and South West England. Its aim is to prevent invertebrate extinctions and to maintain sustainable populations of invertebrates in the United Kingdom. W
- Bumblebee Conservation Trust, organisation that makes efforts to conserve bumblebees and their habitat. W
- Butterfly Conservation W
- The Conservation Volunteers, organisation that works to facilitate environmental conservation through practical tasks undertaken by volunteers W
- Flora locale
- Freshwater Habitats Trust
- Landlife
- Interactive map of designations in England from sketchmap.co.uk, including National Nature Reserves boundaries (select 'Nature Reserves' in UK map layers)
- England's National Nature Reserves by region
- NearbyWild
- Orchard Network
- Plantlife, wild plant conservation charity W
- Wildlife and Countryside Link brings together voluntary organisations in the UK to protect and enhance wildlife, landscape and the marine environment and to further the quiet enjoyment and appreciation of the countryside. Link currently has 40 members who collectively have the help of 170,000 volunteers, employ 9,600 full-time staff, and claim the support of over 8 million people in the UK. W
- National Nature Service, added 15:43, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
- The Wildlife Trusts, organisation made up of 47 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom plus the Isle of Man and Alderney, who, between them, look after around 2,300 nature reserves covering more than 90,000 hectares. As of 2011 they have a combined membership of over 800,000 members. W