Landscapes, parks and nature

Young people from local secondary schools in Cumbernauld have been reconnecting with nature to learn about the town's valuable greenspaces.

Improving the management of important marshlands in East Riding through volunteer training and traditional conservation to connect people with natural heritage.

Three of the eight species of bats present and breeding in East Cleveland are rare and of national conservation importance.

Nottinghamshire Bat Group is recruiting and training volunteers to map the distribution and status of bats in the county.

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) championed Washington’s natural landscape through the creation of an accessible, environmentally conscious nature hide.

A Nottinghamshire community has been encouraged to explore, appreciate and care for local woodland in need of maintenance.

The Friends of Rectory Park worked with local people to investigate, protect and encourage the local wildlife and plant species.

There is logic in the belief that if you equip children with the skills, knowledge and passion for the natural world, they will become its guardians as they grow up.

Scotland’s spectacular landscapes, threatened species and endangered habitats are a key priority for investment over the next five years.

This £4.4million landscape partnership scheme has worked to restore lost habitats, develop skills and inspire young people to champion and look after the New Forest.

This landscape-scale project is conserving and interpreting the valued habitats and active industrial heritage of the Inner Forth area.

There is a hidden world tucked under the mighty peak of Ingleborough that gives clues to the people who have lived and cared for it for thousands of years.