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Delivery

Actions taken by partners and stakeholders across Nottinghamshire and Nottingham play a key role in delivering the Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Here, you’ll find the latest news and updates as they happen, demonstrating how collective action is contributing to nature recovery.

You can also see some previous examples of nature recovery projects happening across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire by clicking here: Examples of Nature Recovery projects.

Natural England Funding Supports LNRS Priority Species Across Nottinghamshire

New funding announced through Natural England’s national Species Recovery Programme will support a range of projects, targeting some of Nottinghamshire’s most threatened wildlife. The funding programme will help conserve several species identified as bespoke priorities within the Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS), including Water Voles, Beavers, the Diamond-backed Spider and White-clawed Crayfish.

These species play an important role in creating healthier, more resilient ecosystems across the county. The funding will support habitat restoration, species recovery work, monitoring and practical conservation measures to help populations expand and thrive.

The successful Nottinghamshire projects and the relevant local delivery organisations are listed below:

  • ongoing work to restore Water Vole populations at key wetland sites – Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
  • efforts to support the UK’s only known population of the rare Diamond-backed Spider at Clumber Park – National Trust
  • work associated with Beaver-led habitat restoration – Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
  • action to secure the future of the native White-clawed Crayfish in Nottinghamshire’s rivers and streams – Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust & Notts Biodiversity Action Group

Together, these projects will contribute to the ambitions of the LNRS by helping recover priority species and enhancing habitats across Nottinghamshire.

Read more here: Species Recovery Programme: projects awarded funding for 2026 to 2029 - GOV.UK

Funding boost for the Diamond-backed Spider at Clumber Park

New funding from Natural England’s Species Recovery Programme has been secured by the National Trust to help secure the future of the rare Diamond-backed Spider.

Clumber Park in north Notts is the only known site in the UK for this species which was previously thought to be extinct.

The Diamond-backed Spider is an identified priority species in the Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS). The funding will enable the National Trust to create and manage the correct habitat to allow this spider to survive.

Read more here: Threatened species set for major funding boost - GOV.UK