endangered species

Basking shark

Turbulent year for UK’s marine wildlife, finds annual review

Pine marten on alder branch, Scotland

UK’s pine marten population grows thanks to their adaptable diets

Countryfile Presenters

Ellie Harrison: Let us lift up the true heroes of our countryside

Red squirrel

Britain’s most endangered animal species

Sacha Dench, the Human Swan (Photo by: Conservation Without Borders)

‘Human Swan’ set to fly from Scotland to West Africa

Common blue butterfly (male)

Summer heatwave boosts common blue butterfly population

A hedgehog in the garden

Hedgehog highways to protect endangered species

England's curlew population is set to be boosted by conservation project (Photo: WWT)

England’s curlew population set to be boosted by conservation project

hotel for insects made of reed. a house of different kinds of insects in a garden.

How to make a bee house

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Wildlife stories

Extinct Chequered Skipper butterfly returns to English countryside

Leek-coloured Hawkweed (Hieracium subprasinifolium), one of only 62 plants known in the world. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. Endemic to the UK. June.

Wildlife stories

‘Extinct’ plant rediscovered in Peak District

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Ash trees face threat of ‘elimination’