We maintain and expand our #scrub on this farm and this is our prize! Three singing #nightingales along this thick hedgeline. My favourite time of year! ⁦Nature Friendly Farming Network⁩ ⁦RSPB Minsmere 🌍⁩ ⁦SWT Farm Wildlife Advice⁩ ⁦Blyth Valley Cluster⁩ ⁦RSPB⁩

Suffolk Bird Group are launching a House Martin project. Free surveys & advice are available; how to help them, also to mitigate if any inconvenience is being caused. We have a talk this Thursday in Hintlesham, all will be revealed! Suffolk Bird Group House Martin Conservation UK & Ireland Jenny Rawson

Water crowfoot in a ghost pond restoration. Really pleased to see as last year, it’s first back in the land of the living, this pond had little life. ⁦Prof Carl Sayer⁩ ⁦SWT Farm Wildlife Advice⁩ ⁦Natural England Norfolk & Suffolk⁩ ⁦Suffolk BIS⁩ ⁦

Still a few places on next week's Woodlands by Natural Regen approach event at Milden Hall, Juliet Hawkin's farm woodland.

Operation Turtle Dove Woodland Trust🌳 Forestry Commission Larking Gowen CLA East Fram Farmers YANA

Booking details below:
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Returned to a lovely farm Ling's Meadow we camped at in 2022 (and got talking about ponds!). Planning future ponds, CS schemes & hedge mgmt. Cowslips galore, primrose & early purple orchid plus heaps of yellowhammer 💛
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Kingcups looking great today ⁦Naomi Langford-Wood⁩ ⁦H⁩ ⁦The potting shed⁩ ⁦Jenny Rawson⁩

A chance for farmers to come to a tour of RSPB Hope Farm to discuss opportunities for tree planting & discuss the role of Agroforestry in climate-friendly farming with the The Allerton Project How can farmers benefit from the new SFI funding for agroforestry👇
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We're recruiting for #LandscapeRecovery roles in South Suffolk/N Essex, working with #WoolTowns & #StourValley clusters

northessexfarmcluster Nature Friendly Farming Network CLA East John Pawsey 🌞 Essex Wildlife Trust please share!

Great records! A very understated ancient woodland indicator too
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At this time of year, marshy and rough grassland that is managed as pasture will also be used by breeding birds. If you can, keeping livestock levels low between 31st March and 20th June will help to avoid any trampling of nests.

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How to restore & resurrect ponds? Come do this Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) course with UCL Pond Restoration Prof Carl Sayer & Helen Greaves on 27-28 June. Learn about science informed practice & see an astonishing NorfolkPondsProject restored #pond landscape fba.org.uk/shop/p/pond-re…

Our prize for the most bird species counted as part of the #BFBC24 goes to members Tobias 🚜 👏🏽 One new feeder ready and waiting for winged visitors The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
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Let's get plastic out of our woodlands. Woodland Trust🌳 & partners have set up a free tree guard recycling hub in Suffolk in partnership with TUBEX. Drop off your old tree guards on 7th May! More info in link tubex.com/sustainability…

Pond training with Juliet Hawkins for our Farm Advice Team, Wilder Ecology & RSPB Turtle dove Adviser. In time for our spring surveys &this year’s restoration projects. Great to see examples of ‘patch scraping’ mgmt, complete with frogspawn 🐸
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We're hiring for a Senior Farm Adviser (Maternity Cover) - still time to apply before 31/03 deadline!

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Nature Friendly Farming Network Environmentjob.co.uk Operation Turtle Dove CLA East John Pawsey 🌞 pls share

📢Woodland workshop op in Suffolk! This event on 17th April will be great for anyone thinking about managing or creating woodlands for wildlife. Hosted by the lovely SWT Farm Wildlife Advice team. I'll be there too. 😎🌳

Our first advisory event of the year is coming up in a few weeks, pls share, booking details below 🌳

Fram Farmers Operation Turtle Dove CLA East Woodland Trust🌳 Larking Gowen Suffolk Tree Warden Network (Charity no. 1205573)

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Nice piece on Barn Owl Support Suffolk in Suffolk Bird Group Harrier, get in touch! #BOSS
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This rather impressive group of flea beetles (Altica species - I believe) brightened up a dull day yesterday. Their metallic blue colouration really stood out. Found by the edge of a farm pond at Long Melford in Suffolk. 🪲

Farm visit in the #AldeValley this afternoon, ambitious plans being worked up for species rich grassland & woodpasture creation, alongside arable options too.