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Natural Areas are assessed by Natural England, the UK Government's advisor on the natural environment, to be "a sensible scale at which to view the wildlife resource, from both a national and local perspective". Natural Areas were also used by English Nature as an "ecologically coherent framework for setting objectives for nature conservation." [3]
New House Farm, Malham [7] Scoska Wood [7] Skipwith Common [11] Northamptonshire. Buckingham Thick Copse [6] ... National nature reserve (United Kingdom)
The book describes the Knepp Wildland rewilding project on an estate in Sussex that had been run as a farm. The poor land made farming difficult, and the farm was failing. In 2001 the project began; farming ceased, and gradually fallow deer, English Longhorn cattle, and Tamworth pigs were introduced to fenced areas. Birds, insects, and flowers ...
Tolworth Court Farm Fields is a 43.3 hectare (107 acre) Local Nature Reserve (LNR) in Tolworth in the Royal Borough of Kingston, London. It was designated an LNR in 2004 due to its historical and ecological significance.
Beddington Farmlands is classified a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation, and a Metropolitan Open Land. Its area is 161 hectares (400 acres). Wildlife habitats are being developed, including wet grasslands, lakes and heathland. There is restricted access to the reserve until completion. [3] [4]
Agriculture in England is today intensive, highly mechanised, and efficient by European standards, producing about 60% of food needs with only 2% of the labour force. It contributes around 2% of GDP .
The down has strip lynchets, dating to the period in the Middle Ages when the area was cultivated as common land. The site has a range of chalk grassland habitats, with flora including wild parsnip, red bartsia, cowslip and common rock-rose. There are also areas of woodland and scrub. [78] Shortheath Common: 57.8 hectares (143 acres) Whitehill
Battersea Park Nature Areas: London Borough of Wandsworth: Baty's Marsh: Medway: Beacon Hill: Brighton & Hove: Beam Valley: London Borough of Barking & Dagenham: Beam Valley (Environment Agency) London Borough of Barking & Dagenham: Beckenham Place Park: London Borough of Lewisham: Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve: Mid Sussex: Bedfont Lakes ...