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View of Barmouth town and harbour at Dinas Oleu

Dinas Oleu: Visual tour of special landscape

To mark the 125th anniversary of the first landscape to come into our care we’re giving you the chance to experience the beauty of Dinas Oleu in North Wales from your own home. We've taken a series of springtime photographs of this magnificent hillside, overlooking the golden sands of the Llŷn Peninsula. This special place was gifted to the nation by philanthropist Fanny Talbot in March 1895.

Discover Dinas Oleu

The Cerne Abbas chalk giant after being re-chalked in September 2019

Dating the Cerne Abbas Giant

Britain's naughtiest giant certainly scrubs up well after a two-week clean-up operation but dating him is still a challenge. Discover how we're unlocking the secrets of the Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset.

Close-up of daffodils in the garden at Tyntesfield — Daffodils in the garden at Tyntesfield

Nature diary: share your first day of spring

We’re calling on wildlife lovers to send us their observations of the first day of spring and help us create a nationwide nature diary.

Share your observations

Bog pool at Arne, Purbeck Heaths, Dorset

UK's first 'super' nature reserve created at Purbeck Heaths

We know that big steps are needed to create landscapes where people and wildlife can thrive. This is why we've joined forces with like-minded organisations to form the UK's first 'super' national nature reserve at Purbeck Heaths in Dorset.

The remnants of a picnic from the 1980s found at Formby

Beach cleans reveal unusual rubbish

Unusual finds have been discovered on the beach cleans you help us with. Some of the objects are decades old, including a ‘Claws’ crisp packet from 1976 and a bottle of rum from post-Prohibition America, both found at Formby, Liverpool. Though weird and wonderful, they show how serious the conservation challenge is for our waters and coastlines.

More about beach cleans

Nostell’s dolls’ house back on display

Our conservation work on the dolls’ house at Nostell, West Yorkshire is finished and it is now back on display as the centrepiece of a new exhibition, 'Miniature Worlds'. As one of only 12 surviving 18th-century examples, it's one of the rarest dolls’ houses in the UK and the only one that visitors can see in the home it was designed for.

Joanna Lumley at the front door of Smallhythe Place

A new patron for Smallhythe's Barn Theatre

Smallhythe Place, former home of the great Victorian actress Dame Ellen Terry, has welcomed Joanna Lumley OBE as the patron of its Barn Theatre. Joanna's first undertaking as Patron was unveiling a new costume display at Smallhythe Place, revealing dresses worn by Ellen Terry in one of her greatest roles, as Beatrice in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’.

Uncover Smallhythe's theatrical past and present

Bumblebee flies around cherry blossom at Sheringham Park, Norfolk

Get connected to nature

While research shows people are concerned about the state of nature in the UK, many don't make regular connections with the natural world. Discover why we're encouraging people to take time out to notice the beauty of their surroundings.

Affectionate puffins on the Farne Islands — Affectionate puffins 'billing' on the Farne Islands, Northumberland

Farne Islands annual puffin count

To protect puffins as much as we can, amid fears that climate change is affecting their sources of food and numbers, we have an annual count of puffins on the Farne Islands. Between April and late July, puffins return to the Farnes to breed and raise their young. Our rangers take this opportunity to count the puffin population levels.

Keeping count