New report celebrates Farming in Protected Landscapes
Date: 27th June 2023
More than 5,000 farmers and land managers have now benefited from the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme, new figures have shown.
News for Nature & wildlife
4 ways you can support nature and wildlife this May and June
Date: 28th April 2023
Were you inspired by David Attenborough’s ‘Wild Isles’ to do more to boost UK plants and wildlife? Would you like to make a difference but don’t know where to start? Here are some simple things you can do to make a difference in your own back yard, your own neighbourhood and in the Chilterns,...
Introducing our new Mend the Gap Programme Manager, Ruth Staples-Rolfe
Date: 04th April 2023
We’re pleased to welcome a new Programme Manager who will take the Mend the Gap project forwards, Ruth Staples-Rolfe. Mend the Gap aims to deliver projects and schemes to reduce and compensate for the visual harm done to the Chilterns and North Wessex Downs AONBs by the electrification of the Great Western main line....
National Trust, WWF and RSPB send urgent SOS for nature as Sir David Attenborough says ‘we must act now’ to Save Our Wild Isles
Date: 13th March 2023
Today (13 March), in their first major campaign together, the National Trust, the RSPB and WWF are urging everyone in society to come together to halt the destruction of UK nature and take urgent action to Save Our Wild Isles.
New film: National Hedgelaying Championships comes to the Chilterns
Date: 03rd February 2023
Did you know hedges were used as living fences, marking ownership and keeping animals in or out of a field? However, over time, gaps in the hedgerows develop allowing animals to escape or trample crops. For years this has been managed with a technique called hedge laying, which involves cutting each stem and laying it down...
New book published on the reintroduction of red kites for UN World Wildlife Day (3rd March)
Date: 19th January 2023
A new book is being published that describes the story of the successful reintroduction of red kites to the UK in 1990s. The book details how the Chilterns was selected as the initial location for the establishment of young chicks brought in from Sweden and Spain. The book’s author, Dr Mike Pienkowski, was the Chairman...