Campaigners are looking to give the Somerset Levels national park status Campaigners are calling for the Somerset Levels and ...

A countryside organisation has launched a campaign to crown the UK's 16th National Park to mark its 100th birthday. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) in Somerset wants to have the Somerset ...

A record number of bitterns have been seen on the Somerset Levels, and with that has attracted large numbers of wildlife tourists. The BBC's Ross Pollard caught up with some keen bird spotters who ...

Experts shocked as analysis finds no traces of eel DNA in area once teeming with the endangered fish Eel experts say they are shocked to find no evidence of the animal in the network of drainage ...

Standing on the hills looking out across flat green fields, linked by a network of hedgerows, copses and small settlements, the Somerset Levels looks like quintessential English countryside. But this ...

Work is under way on a vital new programme of dredging on the Somerset Levels to protect homes and businesses from flooding. Since 2015, the Parrett Internal Drainage Board has delivered an annual ...