If you were able to choose, what would you select as an Icon of the Environment?
Browse through our nominations. The Icons of the Environment poll has closed but you can still read all about them. Have a look to see whether your favourite icon was nominated.
ICONS of the Environment started off with just 12 nominations suggested by the Environment Agency's 13,000 staff - including species, habitats, places and manmade icons. Visitors to the ICONS site quickly added many more. Competition has been intense and now a winner has been selected. Go here to find out which nomination the public voted their top Icon of the Environment in our ICONS/Environment Agency poll.
73 nominations
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Weather
An icon that shows a weather map with all the symbols of the different weather we get in this small island of ours, we are so reliant on the weather any significant changes in the weather patterns cou...
The River Alt, Merseyside
When I was a lad, a long time ago, this beautiful little river was a stinking open sewer. Some tributaries held fish, the main river was putrid. I fished it three years ago, and I caught five species ...
South Downs
A fantastically beautiful area of an increasingly overcrowded and overdeveloped south-east.
Badger
It sums up the paradox of modern life. On the one hand, we are desperate to stop illegal badger-baiting, on the other officials are determined to scapegoat it and blame it for an economically signific...
Ladybird
Its continuing existence is surely justification enough? Like many creatures it resonates throughout our lives, but it may not last that long, with the spread of the predatory harlequin ladybird we co...
Sphinx Rock
The view of Sphinx Rock from Great Gable and Climbers Traverse, looking down Wasdale, in the Lake District, is one of the most solitary and beautiful sights in England.
Helvellyn
It's one of the most popular hills in the Lake District, especially when approached via Striding Edge. It encourages countless folk to visit the area and to appreciate the beauty of the mountains.
Trees (all broadleaf native species)
From wonderful childhood memories of tree climbing, the rustle of falling leaves and the return of the green in spring. As ex-Royal Navy, I recognise the historical importance of the "Hearts of Oak".
Country Signposts
I think that country signposts should be an icon because they are fast disappearing, and it may make poeple think about this. I cycle a lot, and the number of times I get to a crossroads and there is ...
73 nominations
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It's official. The hedgehog has been chosen as the top Icon of the Environment in our recent poll.
