Tender Results of Natural England

Deer Coordinator-To input into a landscape wide strategy to reduce the deer population and help improve the supply chain. To set up and coordinate Deer Management Groups, support landowners with submission of night licence applications. To input into other Pilot workstreams such as developing a local venison supply chain. To organise training and mentoring and providing data for the Deer Management Adviser.

IUCN-compliant Species Status Review of the Leaf beetles Chrysomelidae including Orsodacnidae and Megalopodidae Part 1.-IUCN-compliant Species Status Review of the Leaf beetles Chrysomelidae including Orsodacnidae and Megalopodidae, Part 1. Year 1 Oct 23-March 24, year 2 April 24-March 25.

Gordons Pond Slubbing at Woodwalton Fen NNR- 2023-Desilting of biologically valuable pond at Woodwalton Fen NNR. Pond is around 670 square metres, 4m wide at widest point. Due to very soft nature of soils on site, works must be undertaken using very low ground pressure equipment. Due to very high conservation value of the site works must be undertaken in an extremely ecologically sensitive manner.

SSSI_Monitoring_Access2024-To contact all land owner/occupiers whose land falls within approx 20 Sites of Special Scientific Interest and arrange permission to access their land within the SSSI for the purpose of monitoring surveys planned in 2024/25.

Overground -Underground - and everything in-between Geodiversity Animation-The "Geo-Animations - underground, overground" Project is a robust and novel interdisciplinary R&D project which seeks to research the use of animation for communicating the connections between communities and the geodiversity underground as well as overground. The animations will further explore how landscapes may change in the future and gauge throughout the R&D process how animation may or may not be used as a tool for communication with communities.

Favourable Conservation Status Strategy for Woodlands-The DFCS project is now developing strategies for achieving FCS, which describe the objectives and actions required to deliver FCS. FCS strategies provide a link between conservation actions on the ground and national nature recovery ambitions. They are intended to guide the work of conservation practitioners, particularly Natural England Area Teams but also external partners. Natural England is seeking external support in the drafting of Favourable Conservation Status strategies at the England-...

Fire Adaptation in UK Plants-To identify the extent to which UK native plants are fire-adapted and are dependant upon fire to be maintained.

Developing a natural capital evidence baseline for Nature Recovery Projects-Developing a natural capital baseline for the NRPs We know we need to do more to recover nature and increase the benefits it provides to our people and our economy. Defra and Natural England are bringing together partners, legislation, and funding to create the Nature Recovery Network (NRN). Together, we will deliver the Network by restoring and enhancing England's wildlife-rich places. Nature Recovery Projects (NRPs) are one of the delivery elements of the Nature Recovery Network (NR...

Heathland Connections Audience Data Investigation-It is proposed to investigate the current usage of key protected sites by members of the public within the West Surrey Hills AONB. The main aim is to understand visitor numbers and motivations for visiting protected sites and understand users attitudes towards nature. As these sites are predominantly heathland, they are vulnerable to recreational disturbance. In order to tackle this issue strategically we first need to understand what and where the pressures are. To apply for this opportunity...

Land Management Works for Lizard Downs Lizard National Nature Reserve-Land management works are required to restore the heathland on Lizard Downs within the Lizard National Nature Reserve (NNR), Helston in Cornwall. Works include: 1) cutting of firebreaks (c.4,800m in total) and the subsequent burning of heathland (c.3.8ha in total); 2) restoration of Mediterranean Temporary Pond habitat along pathways (c.2,800m in total); 3) excavation/restoration of meres/pools (3,000sqm total area); 4) creation of a new mere (72sqm total area); and 5) creation of approximately ...