Diversionary tactics - the imaginative campaigns protecting the countryside from developers (The Guardian)

How legal protection for Europe's birds moved from hope to reality (The Guardian)

In praise of... the South Downs (The Guardian)

National parks must include affordable homes (The Guardian)

Ten ways to enjoy the South Downs (The Guardian)

South Downs is a true place in the country (The Guardian)

Helping dormice to hedge their bets (The Telegraph)

Two major UK wildlife surveys launched this week - reptiles and amphibians, and bumblebees (The Guardian)

Wicken Fen: a 189 year-old treasure trove of wildlife records (The Guardian)

Dance of the honeybee holds key to survival (The Observer)

UK butterfly numbers plunge after worst year since 1976 (The Guardian)

The UK's 12 butterflies most in decline (The Guardian)

British biodiversity figures reveal many species are still declining (The Guardian)

Survey reveals record litter on UK beaches (The Guardian)

Terry Nutkins criticises ex-Springwatch presenter Bill Oddie (The Guardian)

Slow worms delay building work (The Telegraph)

Bring back the wolf (The Guardian)

Red squirrels return if greys are controlled new evidence shows (The Telegraph)

Backing from National Trust: Britain's largest landowner hopes campaign will heighten public awareness of butterfly population (The Independent)

The South Downs will not be invaded by hordes of day-trippers (The Guardian)

UK 'will miss environment targets without more investment' (The Telegraph)

Birds face longer migration due to climate change, experts warn (The Guardian)

Tiny warbler at risk from longer African migration (The Independent)

A magic week in April (The Guardian)

Up, up, and away: campaign to save the endangered Swift (The Guardian)

Electric dream machines: Are they really the future of motoring? (The Independent)

Cull magpies to protect dawn chorus, say campaigners (The Telegraph)

Salmon may disappear from England's rivers (The Telegraph)

Wildlife in Britain: A world of natural wonder (The Telegraph)

Environmental benefits of electric cars dismissed as 'fiction' (The Telegraph)

Low flying partridges threaten future of shooting (The Telegraph)

Climate change threat to rare black grouse in Scotland (The Guardian)

Antarctic cruise tourists lose out as soaring numbers alarm scientists (The Guardian)

Predators starve as we plunder oceans (The Independent)

One for sorrow, two for joy ... why we must protect magpies (The Guardian)

Weatherwatch (The Guardian)

Rachel's drops 'organic' from name as sector suffers in downturn (The Telegraph)

Red squirrels with unique genetic code under threat (The Telegraph)

St George deserves a jay (The Telegraph)

UK scientists get 8m for research into bee decline (The Guardian)

If you go down to the sea today... you could pick up glorious leafy greens (The Guardian)

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is in the soup with mothers and wildlife groups (The Telegraph)

Plantwatch: it is breathtaking how spring suddenly bursts.... (The Guardian)

A walk on the wild side: horses are increasingly being used rather than machines to log land as traditional forestry skills make a comeback (The Guardian)

Bird war breaks out over Italy's hunting legislation (The Independent)

Billions to be spent on wind farms and home insulation after Budget 2009 (The Telegraph)

Endangered whooping crane follows aircraft in unique migration (The Telegraph)

Birds nest in unusual spots (The Telegraph)

The Capercaillie's flight for survival (The Telegraph)

Sparrow with cigarette habit sparks 250,000 fire (The Guardian)

Orchards may vanish by the end of the century, conservationists warn (The Guardian)

Threat to European biodiversity 'as serious as climate change' (The Guardian)

Killer whales 'decimating harbour seal population' (The Independent)

If you go down to the woods today ... you're sure to see butterflies (The Independent)

Poor air quality 'killing thousands' in London (The Observer)

Calls to curb heritage site tourism (The Guardian)

Call for 20-year fishing ban in a third of oceans (The Guardian)

Once there were swarms of butterflies in our skies... but if you go out for a walk today, you will be lucky to spot one or two (The Guardian)

Wild harvest reaps big rewards in foraging rush (The Guardian)

Boris Johnson unveils blueprint for London's 'cycling revolution' (The Guardian)

Is TB transmission down to night-time badger-cow rendez-moo? (The Guardian)

Family of ducks march through shop to reach river (The Telegraph)

Warm, dry summer on the way, says Met Office (The Guardian)

Game shooting: the game's up for keepers (The Telegraph)

Bluebells hold clue to ancient forests (The Telegraph)