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Marine Protected Areas in England, including Marine Conservation Zones MCZs, safeguard special areas of the sea and offer our wildlife a chance to recover and thrive.
Marine Protected Areas in England 2
Marine Protected Areas in England, including Marine Conservation Zones MCZs, safeguard special areas of the sea and offer our wildlife a chance to recover and thrive.
Progress to Protect England’s Marine Protected Areas
Proposals to ban damaging fishing activity in 13 Marine Protected Areas is welcome, but do they truly move these areas on from being more than just 'paper parks'. Director of Marine…
Woodpeckers
Find the best spots to visit for seeing woodpeckers this spring. Drumming its beak at up to 20 beats per second, the woodpecker's shock absorbing skull protects its brain from the impact, while a special tongue bone holds it firmly in place.
Green woodpecker
The laughing 'yaffle' call of the green woodpecker can be heard in our woodlands, parks and gardens. Look out for it hopping about your lawn, searching for ants to eat.
Lesser spotted woodpecker
The lesser spotted woodpecker is the smallest of the UK's woodpeckers. Listen out for its drumming, which is quieter than that of the great spotted woodpecker, in woodland, parks , orchards…
Marine Protected Areas
Information on Marine Protected Areas MPA, Marine Conservation Zones MCZ and other protected areas in UK seas and waters. Protected areas in UK seas are an essential part of protecting marine wildlife and habitats.
Highly Protected Marine Areas
A look at why we need Highly Protected Marine Areas, and how they differ from Marine Protected Areas.
Marine Protected Areas in Alderney
The Marine Protected Areas around Alderney
Highly Protected Marine Areas
Highly Protected Marine Areas could be the gold standard of marine protection: the first of their kind in the UK.
Identify UK woodpeckers
There are three species of British woodpecker - here's how to tell them apart.
Great spotted woodpecker
The 'drumming' of a great spotted woodpecker is a familiar sound of our woodlands, parks and gardens. It is a form of communication and is mostly used to mark territories and to display…