Natural England

Blue Ground Beetle Carabus intricatus on greenery

Help blue beetles this Blue Monday

The third Monday in January has been labelled as Blue Monday, and is said to be the most depressing day of the year, but there’s positive blue news today as Buglife reopens their Citizen Science survey to help find more populations of the rare Blue Ground Beetle ( Carabus intricatus ) in Devon and Cornwall.

The Blue Ground Beetle is one of the UK’s rarest beetles, and is currently...

Major campaign to inspire children through outdoor learning

Children will be going outside to learn as part of a major campaign to get them more in touch with the environment.

Desks and chairs will make way for grass, ponds and games outside during Empty Classroom Day, which also heralds the launch of the new Natural Connections programme.

Eight city schools have so far signed up to the three-year project, which is led by a partnership...

Making the connection: Major project launches to help children learn outdoors

A ground-breaking project which aims to significantly increase the number of school-aged children experiencing the full range of benefits that come from learning outside the classroom in natural environments has been launched today (Tuesday 2 July) at Glenfrome Primary School, Bristol.

The Natural Connections Demonstration Project is set to run for the next three years and aims to work...