Author: Danny

The government has published a report which has found that farmers participating in government-funded conservation groups are creating close-knit, greener communities across England. Here are some excerpts from the Natural England article: ‘Since 2015, £10.3 million of funding has been

Natural England are calling for participants in their newly launched Biodiversity Credits Scheme pilot. The first phase of the pilot will run from October 2020 to February 2021. Large-scale projects with potential to offer land for habitat creation are encouraged

The East Yar Project Group , a group of ten farmers and landowners, has been working in partnership with the Down to the Coast Landscape Partnership Scheme. Both programmes are co-ordinated by the Isle of Wight AONB. Together they have

We have been made aware of an opportunity for farmers and cluster groups to apply for a share of £200,000 funding from Severn Trent’s Boost for Biodiversity grant scheme. Deadline is mid-June, so if you’re in the area, read on!

By Nick Marriner, Landowner Engagement Officer (Chilterns Conservation Board) The Central Chilterns Farmer Cluster is a relatively young group made up of 18 farmers covering c. 6,500 hectares across the Buckinghamshire area of the Chilterns AONB. Since our first meeting

A huge range of rural organisations have got together to organise a series of Zoom webinars for everyone involved in land management – yes, EVERYONE! For those involved in farmer-led landscape scale conservation, this affords an opportunity to match up

A whopping 79 clusters took part in BFBC this year. It’s easy to see why – a bird ID session makes the ideal mid-winter cluster event – and there is a compelling story to tell through the publication and promotion

  Arable flowers are a fascinating group of species. Conserving and enhancing communities of these plants benefits so many other farm inhabitants – such as pollinators, turtle dove, grey partridges and corn buntings to name a few – and in

Collaboration of farmers and land managers features heavily in the initial discussion document for the new Environmental Land Management scheme – see blog. Many farmer-led landscape-scale conservation groups across England are participating in Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the

The new Environmental Land Management scheme is being designed as we write, however, initial thoughts set out in the ELMs discussion document (PDF here) provide an overview of what it might look like. And the good news is, landscape-scale makes