A new analysis of data collected over ten years by a network of experts led by The Wildlife Trusts has revealed that water vole distribution has declined dramatically - attributed to habitat loss, water pollution and built development.

The latest natural capital ecosystem service accounts published by the UK’s Office for National Statistics have valued the UK’s natural capital at around £761 billion - a partial value as many ecosystem services provided by natural assets are not yet estimated and the total value is expected to be higher 

Monitoring work during the spring and summer of 2017 which used some of the latest technology, found that around 15,000 shad can make it above Upper Lode weir on the River Severn, near Tewkesbury before being halted by Diglis Weir in Worcester.

The Environment Agency has been working with more than 10 partners to reduce pollution from agriculture in rivers, lakes, ditches and groundwater in Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Avon and Hampshire Avon catchments.

An EU-funded project is calling for a step-change in how nature-based solutions like green roofs and city lagoons are used for sustainable urbanisation and in tackling climate change.

South West Water is the first water company in the UK to appoint a dedicated Invasive Non Native Species Ecologist.

Anglian Water is setting out its plans today for a new wetland treatment facility located next to its water recycling centre in Ingoldisthorpe.