Ben Eagle

Our Place in Time and the Subtleties of Changing Landscapes

Bordering the north eastern most part of our farm at Walton Hall, Walton-on-the-Naze lies an area of low lying land, owned by the District Council and protected from regular flooding by the natural, rapidly eroding cliff. This small section of eroding cliff face also protects a water treatment works which serves thousands of local people,ContinueContinue reading “Our Place in Time and the Subtleties of Changing Landscapes”

The frustrations of report writing

Some might say that this is the ultimate act of procrastination – writing about report writing when I should be writing a report. This is in some ways true and I have been sitting in the office all morning with a pile of papers on my desk, google scholar (and I must say, wikipedia) onContinueContinue reading “The frustrations of report writing”

The historic decline of the Grey Partridge

A super, fully referenced, post here from a favourite blogger of mine, James Common, exploring the decline of the Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) in the UK. I was fortunate to see a couple running across a stubble field the other day when I was out for a walk here in Essex but it is certainlyContinueContinue reading “The historic decline of the Grey Partridge”

An exploration of two contrasting landscapes: Exmoor and the Essex Marsh

Last Wednesday I visited the National Trust’s Holnicote Estate on the northern edge of Exmoor. From moorland to woodland and fertile farmland to shingle beaches, Holnicote provides a canvas of immense diversity of both landscape and character. As I sat having my lunch overlooking the Bristol Channel I thought about the links this place has had with otherContinueContinue reading “An exploration of two contrasting landscapes: Exmoor and the Essex Marsh”

From the ‘Charter of the Forest’ to the ‘Charter for Trees, Woods and People’

In a previous post I explored the proposed ‘Charter for Trees, Woods and People’ which is being put forward by several dozen conservation organisations, including the Woodland Trust. It is suggested that the new charter should be signed in 2017, to act in conjunction with the 800th anniversary of the signing of the first ‘Charter of theContinueContinue reading “From the ‘Charter of the Forest’ to the ‘Charter for Trees, Woods and People’”