Farmland birds are in decline across England. Farmland represents 69% of land in England and so farmers and land managers have the potential to reverse these declines. PhD student, Sophie Cunnington, is doing a survey to understand the farming communities’
GWCT Video: Farmer-led conservation of the River Ebble
Meet the farmers of the Chalke Valley, Wiltshire to find out what they are doing to conserve their rare and precious chalk stream. Andrew, Ben and Matthew are members of the Chalke Valley Farmer Cluster and also the pioneering Environmental
2021 Farmer Group Forum
An event which will bring together facilitators and other advisers from across the country to share experiences and learn from one another. Location: FarmED, Station Road, Shipton-under-Wychwood, OX7 6BJ Date: Tuesday 16th November, 9am to 5pm. Farmer group advisers have been
Arden Farm Wildlife Network
Warwickshire is fairly representative of the wider UK in that around 70% of the land area is agricultural. In 2018 when Warwickshire Wildlife Trust teamed up with Zoe Bell a local Independent Agricultural Adviser we recognised that if we really
The community keeper concept
With the ongoing success of farmer clusters throughout the UK, where farmers and land managers work cohesively together to better deliver greater benefits for soil, water and wildlife at a landscape scale, the GWCT have introduced the concept of a
In case you missed it…
Catch up on these excellent webinars about farmer-led landscape scale conservation. Upper Wensum Cluster Farm Group: Interview with facilitator Lizzie Emmett Part of the Land Management 2.0 series In this interview, facilitator Lizzie shared her thoughts on why the self-funded
Spotlight on farmer clusters: BBC1 Countryfile
Leading UK conservation science charity the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust recently invited BBC Countryfile to visit three farms on the Hampshire/Dorset border to see farmer-led conservation in action. The Countryfile episode will be broadcast at 6pm on Sunday 9 May. Jess Brooks
Farmer clusters in Europe – PARTRIDGE project aims big!
With wild grey partridges as the inspiration, an ambitious Europe-wide farm conservation project is making good progress establishing farmer clusters in multiple EU countries. PARTRIDGE is a project co-funded by the Interreg North Sea Region Programme which show-cases how new
Showcasing farm biodiversity and its benefits – arable farmers wanted!
Showcase is a new EU Horizon 2020 project looking at farm biodiversity and the associated wider benefits. LEAF has teamed up with the University of Reading in a 5 year project to design and test novel ways to integrate biodiversity
Martin Down Farmer Cluster are delighted to have won a Defra Bees’ Needs Award in the Farming Category
Facilitated by Jess Brooks at the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, the group of 12 farmers have been working together since 2016 and have been busy creating and linking habitats for pollinators and other farmland wildlife over 5,000ha of Dorset