More than 350 threatened species, including some only found in this country, will benefit from the largest ever investment in recovering England’s wildlife, Natural England announced today (Wednesday 8 July), as part of the government’s “Wild Again: Restoring England’s Wildlife” initiative to turn the tide for England’s wildlife.

The swallowtail butterfly and white-clawed crayfish are just two of the species set to benefit from the £60 million largest ever investment in recovering the country’s threatened plants, animals and fungi, supporting 130 projects across England.

Since 1970, wildlife populations have fallen by a third, with one in six species at risk of extinction in Great Britain including some of our most treasured wildlife. Projects supported through the programme will target 364 threatened species, from birds to beetles, moths to mammals, spiders to snails and sharks to seahorses, to bring us closer to our goal of a wilder, healthier country for generations to come.