28/07/2026
A little good news for your feed, just in time for
🐴 Dartmoor hill ponies have been given a lifeline, with the government confirming they will be protected after fears new grazing rules could have led to 90% being removed from the moor.
🦫 Water voles have been brought back to North Devon for the first time in 25 years, following a major habitat restoration project by the National Trust to restore wetlands and improve river habitats.
💚 Over 350 threatened species in England are set to receive vital support through a record £90 million government investment, funding 130 projects to help protect endangered plants, animals and fungi.
🦫 A beaver reintroduction project has helped solve a decades-long flooding problem at Greenford Tube station in west London. Introduced in 2023, the beavers’ natural dams have not only slowed the water flow but provided new habitats for wildlife.
🦅 Once on the brink of extinction, South Asia’s vultures are now at the heart of one of the world’s biggest conservation success stories. Twenty years of action to ban a deadly veterinary drug, protect habitats and breed vultures in captivity have helped populations finally stabilise.
