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A hedgehog climbing over a log

Wildlife stories

'Hedgehog Housing Census' launched in response to falling population

Pure Scottish wildcat

Wildlife stories

'Pure breed' Scottish wildcat caught on video for first time

Paul Rook's winning shot at Burton Bradstock

Could your photo star on The National Trust handbook?

A bee enjoying a flower without any thiamethoxam

Wildlife stories

Common pesticides putting bumblebees at risk of extinction, finds research

Anne Robinson

Gloucestershire reads the riot act on library closures

Lake Windermere at Bowness Lake

Stone Skimming Championships backs rising female star

farming

How Britain's farmers are diversifying

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Wildlife stories

Brits losing touch with nature, finds research

Stilts at Ouse Wash (c) Jonathan Taylor

Wildlife stories

UK's rare black-winged stilt numbers soar

seabird

Wildlife stories

Yorkshire home to UK's largest seabird colony

Natural History Museum blue whale

Blue whale arrives at Natural History Museum

Eurasian beaver

British beaver family face captivity threat

Holly Blue/Credit: Iain H Leach, Butterfly Conservation

Big Butterfly Count launches: why it's important and how you can take part

Hen harrier

Hen harrier on the brink of extinction in England

Labourers pick strawberries in polytunnels

Migrant labour shortage leaves British farmers struggling at harvest time

spoonbill

Wildlife stories

Rare Spoonbills nest in Yorkshire

Dormouse

Wildlife stories

Rare hazel dormice reintroduced in Warwickshire

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Five big stories affecting rural Britain right now

Water Vole

Wildlife stories

Largest ever reintroduction of water voles in UK

Blenheim Palace

Vaults discovered at Blenheim Palace