Food, habitat and targeted predator control. #conservation

A million percent, this!….

Chatted to a couple keepers this week. Brilliant at what they do. In truth game and shooting didn’t even come up. We talked about Barn Owls, Soil, Hares, water for waders and climate. Great credit to their profession. Huge gains. Shooting v eco twitter not been great lately.

Well done Jake Freestone and all at Overbury ~ recognition of the good work you are all doing! Future of Farming winners at the #bbcfoodawards #regenerativeagriculture #positivefarming thank you charlotte smith for such excellent judging! 😉

Gamekeeper looking after the wildlife, usually it goes unnoticed and is not commented on. Well done Adam and all keepers who quietly go about improving bio-diversity in the UK

Amazing how well ‘brood meddling’ is working for curlew as well as hen harriers. Gamekeepers and shooting estates delivering, whilst RSPB fails to deliver telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/1…

Graham Appleton Harry Ewing Jen Gill (she/her) Jen Smart (she/her) Dr Samantha Franks Mary Colwell Curlew Recovery Partnership BTO RSPB Science Dr. Rachel C. Taylor (commissions available) Curlew Country Simon Gillings Whilst fencing might have short term goals, at some stage the upsurge in generalist predators and their negative effect on vulnerable populations of ground nesting birds needs to be tackled on a landscape scale, before it’s too late for some iconic species?

Sense.

Today was World wetland day #WWD2023 we have loved being part of the design and creation of these scrapes, with Jake Freestone FWAG SouthWest Overbury Ent Severn Trent beealert Paul If you build it, they will come! They are looking amazing!

Amazing who you run into in the middle of the night ⁦West Midlands Ringing Group⁩ . Essential vermin control literally bringing birds to the hand!

A last minute trip to Overbury Ent with Jake Freestone, great to catch up with Paul to show him some ringing. Woodock seem to be moving on now, but still plenty about. We ringed Skylark 18 + 2 retraps Woodcock 3 Fieldfare 3 Common snipe 1 Pulsar Merger XP50 LRF

Just been watching a few birds getting some territory sorted out and this #disruption #dogs should be on leads. Hard work being done by farmers/keepers very often being undone by ignorance

It is so frustrating when farmers, keepers and land managers work so hard to create and manage habitats to increase biodiversity on farms, but the general public continually won't stay on the footpaths (way off a footpath here) and let their dogs roam free which disturbs wildlife

We have lift off.

Prof Adam Hart 🦏 Glad you enjoyed the day even though it was a bit 🥶 lots of great talks by everyone involved Paul Hoppy Overbury Ent Countryside Learning thanks for coming along!

Interesting program on Channel 4 now from NZ. They are trapping and eliminating predators to increase endangered species. Some have increased by 500%. UK needs to take note.

Lovely OpenFarmSunday morning walk round with our neighbours. Lots to see with Foragers Paul even some Integrated Pest Management (🐞v🪲) #OFS2024