Did you know the South Downs National Park was created to help conserve and enhance biodiversity? The 16,000km2 National Park was designated as a haven for nature with some of the rarest habitats in the world – reptile-rich heathlands, chalk grasslands brimming with blue butterflies, wildlife-rich wetlands and woodlands full of bird song. But, like […]

A pair of beavers have been reintroduced to a South Downs stream to help restore waterways and create a flourishing wildlife haven. Europe’s largest rodent, known as an “ecosystem engineer” for its remarkable ability to increase biodiversity, would once have been widespread across the UK but was hunted to extinction around 400 years ago. Now […]

Efforts to create new areas of wildflowers to help bees and butterflies have received a huge boost. UK National Parks has announced a two-year partnership with Howdens, a leading trade kitchen supplier, to support nature recovery. In the South Downs, Howdens will support the Bee Lines project, which is creating new networks of wildflowers to […]