Farmers jargon: Topping our countryside stewardship legume fallow Translation: Mowing our field, which is part of an environmental scheme, growing a mix of grass, clover and vetches etc. Why?: watch and find out! 🤓 #farming #agriculture #countryside #environment #FarmLife

1 week left to apply online for a Countryside Stewardship Wildlife offer - there are 4 offers available for different farm types - arable, mixed, lowland livestock and upland. Defra UK Nature Friendly Farming Network RSPB

This is one of our five winter bird mix plots at @WimpoleEstateNT - at the moment it is delivering a lot of beauty, but in a few months time it will be feeding wild birds during the hunger gap. Interestingly, winter cultivated plots look a lot better than spring cultivated ones.

Our in-depth research shows that two thirds of farmers believe regulation is important to protect standards in the farming industry - all the more significant given worrying prospect of no deal. We must stand together & oppose a race-to-the-bottom wcl.org.uk/docs/WCL_Farme…

Are you passionate about #nature, #farming & tackling #climatebreakdown & after a new challenge #conservation #jobs apply here ww2.rspb.org.uk/about-the-rspb…

Who says #Infield farmland can't be diverse? We've left the lapwing plot at #RSPBHopeFarm for arable plants, to cultivate later in the year or early next It's full of pollinator resources inc the nationally scarce dwarf spurge Plantlife @RSPBintheEast Farm Wildlife

Benefits all round!

The UK government must re-invest the £3.2bn of public money already spent on #farming farming to deliver public goods through new nature-friendly farming policies - helping to tackle the nature and climate crises wildlifetrusts.org/news/3-billion… Nature Friendly Farming Network

The Oakbank Game Stewardship & Woodlands news for October is now available - oakbankgc.co.uk/about-us/compa…. Lots of timely reminders and updates!

Starting the corn buttercup reintroduction with Plantlife and Lizzie Cooke @ #RSPBHopeFarm Cultivate, measure, mix with sand and spread Hopeful to get 100m2 of corn buttercups back on the farm after 50yr absence of this rare species RSPB Science Farm Wildlife 📸 AndrewGagg

.....and we were in West Wales too at the amazing Radnorshire Wildlife Trust Gilfach Reserve! All of these species (and more) in one single sheep grazed meadow. Wow, #waxcaps!! #meadowscymru

I reckon most of you have no idea what a fieldfare is (which is fine because there is loads of stuff I don’t know)... Size of a thrush The bird of this valley in winter - feed on our berries youtube.com/watch?v=hNkTjg…

Are you a pollinator friendly farmer or land owner in Cornwall? Please help Buglife create wildflower-rich habitat along B-Lines in Cornwall Farm Wildlife Nature Friendly Farming Network Bumblebee Conservation Trust Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Plantlife

check out my farmer profile for #RSPBHopeFarm on Agricology website. RSPB Science RSPB England

The depressing prospect of Lapwing loss in the Netherlands - Low productivity the main driver. Agri management & nest protection far from sufficient 🙁📉📉📉📉

I’ll be talking about lapwings, pyewipes & hornywinks with the Arden Farm Wildlife Network next Tuesday evening. All farmers / landowners in the Arden landscape area are welcome - please DM for details. Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

lets hope alternatives to plastic are effective 🤞 great seeing trees planted in upland watershed

Powerful report on devastating impact of #HS2 on #wildlife. The #ChilternsAONB is a nationally designated #landscape, protected for the nation for its natural beauty, including #wildlife, yet HS2 will cut through at the widest point, severing habitats, views & public footpaths.

*Front page news* Today 60 #environment, #AnimalWelfare, farming & public health organisations have joined forces, calling on Government to enshrine key environment, animal welfare & food safety standards in the #AgricultureBill telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/…

New report reveals major gaps in environmental protections post-EU Exit for soils and hedgerows via @wcl_news wcl.org.uk/new-report-rev…