Natural England - East of England
East of England
The region covers Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.
For more about our work in the East of England click on the links on the left.
Regional news
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Wildlife Challenge: England's lost and threatened species (Cambs)
(11 March 2010)
• First ever audit of England’s lost and declining native species
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough home to some of England’s most threatened plants and animals
• Corncrake and a rare aquatic plant fight for survival on our doorstep
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Wildlife Challenge: England's lost and threatened species (Norfolk)
(11 March 2010)
• First ever audit of England’s lost and declining native species
• Norfolk home to some of England’s most threatened plants and animals
• Rare fern and waterbirds fight for survival on our doorstep
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Wildlife Challenge: England's lost and threatened species (Essex)
(11 March 2010)
• First ever audit of England’s lost and declining native species
• Essex is home to some of England’s most threatened plants and animals
• Dainty damselfly lost forever and sea hog’s fennel fights for survival
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Wildlife Challenge: England's lost and threatened species (Suffolk)
(11 March 2010)
• First ever audit of England’s lost and declining native species
• Suffolk is home to some of England’s most threatened plants and animals
• Silver studded blue butterfly (pictured) and wild flowers fight for survival on our doorstep
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Construction company fined for damaging resting place of newts
(8 March 2010)
On 8 March 2010 at Lowestoft Magistrates Court, Barnes Construction Limited of Ransomes Europark, Ipswich, was fined £700 with £200 costs and a victim surcharge of £15 after pleading guilty to damaging or destroying a resting place of great crested newts at the construction site for a new Travelodge in Leisureway, Lowestoft.
Regional features
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(4 March 2010)
Woodwalton Fen and Holme Fen National Nature Reserves are the final remnants of the last great East Anglian wetland, which was drained in the mid-19th century.