I love seeing and hearing the curlew in my local rivers. They are at risk of extinction and we must protect them.

What I love is that rspb and a other charities don't control all wild areas as we'd only have top end predictors

Have loved nature all my life, watching David Attenborough Programmes when I was small. Learning about nature from the Observer books and other books, studying bio- geography at university and teaching science at secondary schools as well as wildlife clubs. Now I am retired my husband and I ( he also loves nature) have a wildlife garden and we record for BTO and we are also members of the RSPB, wildlife trusts and woodland trusts. I also paint wildlife pictures.

I love bird song, bees and butterflies. Many people around my area have paved over their front lawns for cars, I love grasses and wild flowers.

Cuckmere Haven is a very special place for me, it is less than five miles away which was a saviour during lockdown. It has a broad range of waterfowl ranging from the threatened Curlew to the wonderful Kingfisher. It is so full of rubbish it’s heartbreaking & very few people understand there is no dog poo fairy! However the meanders it currently boasts are severely under threat unless we do something!

Love being outdoors helping preserve habitats & promote species

Britain has such variety, in the terrain and the wildlife. My personal love is well managed mixed woodland

I think all supermarkets and nurseries should promote the sale of pollinator friendly plants more instead of selling so many non-pollinator friendly bedding plants. I also think local councils should allow nature lovers to self build in the countryside on the proviso they dedicate 80% of their land to nature by planting X amount of trees, wildflower patches, a pond, bay and bird boxes, etc. The planning rules should be changed - dedicating all of our countryside to farming is no good for nature with no hedgerows, wooded copses and the extensive use of chemicals. They should allow pockets of land for a small self build and a large nature friendly garden. They could create wildlife corridors

I love nature, it is everything to me. I love being in it, breathing in the smells, sounds and sights. I delight in the tiniest insects and mosses to the giants in our skies- It’s all beautiful and precious. The absolute highlight of my year is the arrival of the swallows, their busy darting and chattering in the skies brings me endless joy and cheers the greyest of days.
Why we can’t live with nature is beyond me. I live in the countryside and all my neighbours on the whole are obsessed with tidyness. Landlords with tens, hundreds of acres seem to tidy’ every inch, trimming hedgerow; removing ivy and scrub. Im surethey’re not agains nature, but they’re in a habit of cutting and trimming.

Hello, I emphasise with the comments made by Susan Brown. I could not express it differently. Well done Susan!

Birds in the garden bring me joy, and to watch a bee on a flower. I have started to look at the incredible beauty of insects - they are truly amazing and we lose them at our peril. I love all animals and in particular I am deeply distressed by intensive farming and our inhumanity towards these beautiful creatures. Nature is amazing. Let’s protect it.

The assumption here is that we are separate from nature. We are part of nature. I love it because I know we cannot live without it. Let’s stop talking about it as if we can take it or leave it.

I have stopped manically cutting my garden hedges and plants and have let parts of my lawn grow wild. You would be amazed at what wildlife suddenly appears in your garden. We might appreciate a neatly manicured garden but bees, butterflies, wildflowers certainly appreciate less cutting and trimming! You’d be surprised at how beautiful the little yellow flowers are on salad pkantd if you let them go to seed! Enjoy your garden by letting it go ‘untidy’😊

I love our tall hedges they come alive with sparrows chattering

Trees & birds are key. All new housing & industrial developments or re-developments should include practical & sustainable plans to include trees & wild flower or growing spaces.

The thing that irks me most is the ever increasing disturbing of habitats by the sheer pressure of people.I plan my visits to coincide with the seasonal life cycles of certain species.I find that I am moving around unobtrusively.The size of groups is ever increasing.That is my gripe.

Totally everything my dad I was looking after him till he sadly passed away due to covid read some books on gardening and worked out when certain plants and bushes flowered at different times of the year and planted them so that he had an ever-changing picture when I opened the blinds in the conservatory every morning he loved it

Hi to you all our there I love all wildlife in the world I always feed the wildlife around our garden

I love how it is such a grounding experience to be in nature and a part of it ,but also a humbling an awesome miracle. I love that we have seasons a time for everything.The rugged mountains the delicate flower such diversity so much to explore.

Encouraging wildflowers and wildlife in our gardens is such an easy way to connect to and support nature.

This will provide access for people doing leisure exercise, will help fight climate change and more biodiversity

Yes, we are incredibly fortunate in this country to have so much diversity in a small country.

As a sufferer of anxiety, it is the beautiful countryside around me that helps me escape the suffocating thoughts & feelings. I can’t imagine a world without our beautiful woodlands, parks, wildlife … We should be preserving the future of our planet & its inhabitants … what kind of future will there be for future generations with all the habitats destroyed. We have eyes to see & ears to listen …. but who wants to live in a concrete jungle with no birdsong . The government are a disgrace

We are supposedly at the top end of the eco-system's ladder but we are removing the base rungs systematically & it will bring us crashing down. When I go out and with friends survey our butterflies & moths, birds, dragonflies etc I feel assured that those rungs are in place - but they are not as so many species decline in number and yesterday's commonplace beauty of a Small Copper or a Barn Owl becomes today's scarcity & tomorrow's rarity. We should not permit this government & private enterprise - or any government the power & authority to destroy rather than to conserve and enhance.

Humans are the top of the global food chain, we are destroying soils, habitats and species that support our physical and mental health. Covid lockdowns demonstrated how important biodiversity is to our health and ultimate survival. It’s not just our duty to protect nature it’s our obligation to safeguard the wellbeing of future generations

Human survival depends on a healthy biodiverse environment. Traditional communities understand this but sadly our government doesn’t.

We are currently suffering life changing situations which can be best dealt with by allowing more people to benefit from our beautiful countryside and rivers. Access will allow those suffering stress and depression to relax.

Nature first in all policies from Whitehall to local councils. The rich to not keep destroying nature because they have money to do what they want. An end to Space, Arctic and Antarctic tourism.

Everyone needs to be reminded of the importance of landscape and nature in this busy world that we r rushing about in. Appreciate that nature means the continuence of life for all of us. No insects means no pollination means no plants means no food means no life.

Children and young people should be encoursyto spend more time outside. Organisations such as the rspb should focus on this and maintaining ecosystems rather than money making money through festival type events. This will en outage wildlife to stay where it is and help hound people understand it’s importance

I havebeen fascinated by nature since 1947 when fields had headlands and ddt was not used. i have seen a slow deterioration since mid 20th century, accelerating at a disturbing rate in this one. Lately, many more people are becoming concerned but will have to fight against greed and stupidity and the misguided and uncaring approach of many governments including ours. Despite my pessimism I hope the next few generations will effect a change and rescue a desperate situation.

I would miss the beautiful birds. Although not (yet) a 'birder' I am fascinated by how beautiful each tiny or large bird species is and the way that they just go about their little lives - temporarily living in Kenya means I have also seen some TRULY amazingly beautiful birds...

I love nature to walk be part of it. It heals me as I watch buzzards and kites exicute their dances in the sky. The busy field mice rustling the fallen leaves. Busy squirrels frantic in the shopping expeditions. Gentle bows swaying in the breeze and inhaling the smell of fresh grass and hay. Listening to waters rippling along a brook. Put it on the curriculum at school teach how precious it all is. It's not something you buy on line or at tesco

Man is part of Nature too. It is possible to create balance and still provide mankind with what he needs to live. True that uncaring people and companies have caused havoc to our landscape, but it is not totally lost. Practicality must overrule emotions; the best plans are needed and must be implemented by people with the proper scientific skillsets rather than dreamers , "politicians" and "green" activists. Nature is hugely adaptable; far stronger than most people imagine. We need primarily to stop flooding Britain with economically useless people, all demanding to be housed and fed. Fossil fuels are hated by many, BUT be very careful before condemnation, the new tech isn't up to scratch!

We have diverse species and ecosystems that are declining, such as hedgehogs and insects. Woodlands, hedgerows and wildflower meadows are being destroyed for housing and roads.

The trouble is basic NO ONE GETS PAID TO LEAVE NATURE ALONE!!! Instead of leaving the corners of a development alone and just clearing where they’re building, someone gets paid to clear it, and I don’t know which councillor is related to the person who keeps felling all the beautiful mature trees but it STINKS of corruption in this council!! Someone is paid to clear and someone else paid to provide the so-called replacement trees. Behind the station in Leamington there’s a whole row of saplings dead, no one watered them after planting, and there’s four birch tree saplings that have been sawn in half for some strange reason!

The government must stop the use of toxic pesticides before any more wildlife is destroyed.

Nature is so beautiful and incredible and I do not understand how we place it as such great risk. Lucky enough to grow up in Cornwall with its staggering beauty and seas. Fortunate enough to live in East Sussex with an ancient woodland landscape, ghylls, access to the South Downs and all its stunning beauty. Why does our beautiful rural landscape and nature have to fight for survival against a juggernaut of development and local communities trodden down defending against mass development. BNG needs to be vastly improved limking corridors for nature recovery and smaller scale in keeping development decided by EACH parish not dictated. we have to be guardians with empathy for wildlife

Having been born around 70 years ago I have loved nature, our British woods, countryside and birds and wildilfe all my life. It is so sad to see as our population has massively increased over the years our wildlife and wild places have massivley decreased. It is now time to put nature conservation first and preserve our wildlife for future generations. Our bird species have taken a huge hit, as have hedgehogs and many other species. I believe therefore we must put a stop to uncontrolled immigration which puts pressure on housing and we must stop building houses that damage wildlife and the environment. Protecting Britain's nature must take president over damaging development.

I love walking in the countryside amongst the flowers and the feeling of calm and wonder that it brings me.

The natural world is where the human race first came from and to turn our backs on it will kill it along with ourselves.

What worries me is that the things I love are so rapidly disappearing locally. Flights of hundreds of jackdaws swirling above our house now in tens. Annual butterfly count down to FIVE. A dozen skylarks now two or three.

I've been fighting to stop mowing in peak Butterfly season for six years. At last there is light and and a chance to reverse the damage

It wouldn’t be worth living in a world without its wild places.
Our mental and physical health is gradually disintegrating as we plough relentlessly on our selfish trajectory.

I couldn’t live in a tree-less place. I’m not so keen on conifers, but I love the changing look of trees over a year. And one of my favourite sounds is that of the wind in trees.

Governments role primarily is to provide security in all aspects , to maintain and enhance ALL life

I'd miss the fresh air clean water, and the companionship of trees and Nature

Thank you for your work - I wish you much success but at 95 there's not much I can help.

All of it! I couldn't live without nature.

Exactly. It's the diversity of nature that keeps us alive and grounded. It inspires us and teaches us, cares for us and helps us think.

The landscapes, the changing seasons, how good it is for mental health to be outdoors and at one with nature.

We must do all we can to stop the tory government from allowing the use of nicotinoids as insecticides. There is enough of a problem with a shortage of bees and without bees we have no fruits in our farms and gardens.

I as an artist love ❤️ nature and it’s beauty and spiritual feeling it gives to our world

God and all his creation so beautiful and delicate preserve it all and appreciate it as without it all we cannot feel being near to him