Several common blue butterflies roosting up in the newly restored meadow yesterday evening is another good sign that our nature recovery work is making a difference. ⁦NE_WestMids⁩ ⁦Butterfly Conservation 🦋⁩.

Hay making at last…an important part of the management of species-rich meadows. This meadow restoration has been a real success by Louise Adams.

Published today 📣 Our new report investigates how chasing outputs doesn't guarantee an increase in commercial returns. It finds every £1.00 of revenue generated above the natural carrying capacity of the land incurs an additional cost of £7.50. 👉nffn.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Today green hay spreading for floodplain meadow restoration. It’s been a tricky summer compared to last year. On this same day last year we were creating a scrape. Fingers crossed for success!

More grassland enhancement today trying to restore wildflower diversity & improve ecological functioning of grasslands by using locally harvested seed. Should provide more benefits for soil, water & wildlife. #sustainablefarming ⁦Defra UK⁩ ⁦⁦⁦Natural England⁩.

Still flowering today. A meadow that under went restoration last autumn & not mown yet. Like a mid-summer’s day! ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩ #wildflowerhour.

Tree planting last year in Mayfield with White Peak Farmers - volunteers needed for this year. Aiming to restore over 100 acres of grassland, increase the abundance of wildflowers for pollinating insects and help link up wildlife habitats.

Today’s grassland fungi. Fibrous waxcap, meadow coral & Entoloma infula & mealy pinkgill. #Soils matter.

A really informative day & look at soils with Niels Corfield. A lot of useful tips on how to improve soil health. Take home message is just how important crumbly soils are for water infiltration & crop growth. Lots to think about!

It’s been a wet year but managed to squeeze in seeding plots today for #floodplainmeadow restoration. Mix of hand collected seed thanks to our amazing volunteers Mayfield Village & others. Orchids, great burnet, knapweed, bft, meadow vetchling, ragged-robin plus more. Floodplain Meadows Partnership

OPPORTUNITY FOR FARMERS & LANDOWNERS IN THE WHITE PEAK & SURROUNDS OF THE PEAK DISTRICT NEAR ASHBOURNE TO JOIN US. We are looking for new members as we look to progress our farmer facilitation group. Please share & get in touch if you would like to find out more.

Mayfield volunteers with White Peak Farmers in 3 yrs have restored 48ha of habitat, grown & planted >9000 #wildflower plug plants, collected & sown >460kg of wildflower seed from local sites, created/restored 11 ponds, enhanced 225m ditch, planted 325m of #hedges & >500 #trees!

Amazing work delivered through our facilitation group & with Severn Trent funding. So much can be achieved when people work together. Thanks Mayfield Village for all your help. #naturerecovery #publicgoods NE_WestMids Natural England East Midlands DefraNature StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

Increasing and connecting wetland habitats and features on the river and floodplain has brought us an unexpected visitor this winter, a great white egret! Not good news if you're a frog or fish though...😬 StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Dove Catchment Partnership BTO West Midland Bird Club

Should be a really useful dataset….

We're pleased to say we've been offered further funding from CS Facilitation Fund for another 3 years. That means more projects to create high quality & diverse habitats. Importantly, we can support farmers to access advice, secure funding & bring people together to share ideas.

We are holding a farm walk to kick start our programme of activities and looking forward to hearing from the farm about their work to farm with nature. If you would like to join us, please get in touch.

First record for Staffordshire apparently: Dactylorhiza fucshii var. rhodochila #wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland from an unimproved meadow.

Some small changes on our farms are making a huge difference to wildlife. Breeding sedge warbler, a first for the farm where wetland features were created a couple of years ago!

What a wonderful day we had showing everyone around, celebrating the work our farmers are doing & talking about how #naturefriendlyfarmers can be supported more & some of the challenges farmers face. Peak District National Park Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Natural England Derbyshire CC.