It was only a couple of weeks ago that I posted about the growing issue of flytipping but having now personally suffered from it (again) on the farm, I felt it necessary to post some images and once again raise the subject. Yesterday I walked our hedgerows on the farm, assessing their condition as we planContinueContinue reading “Victim of Flytipping…again”
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Who will win the Hedge Cutting debate? Birds v Contractors
In this week’s Farmers Weekly it is difficult to ignore their campaign to repeal the August hedge cutting ban. It seems that the furrows in the brows of contractors are getting deeper and two years after the ban was put in place they continue to call for its reversal. It is an issue that seems toContinueContinue reading “Who will win the Hedge Cutting debate? Birds v Contractors”
‘Wheat farming – neonic seeds are bad news for the birds and the bees’ – Guest Post by Sandra Bell
Farmers depend upon nature for a range of free services – from pollination to pest control – but, unbeknown to them, could the seeds they are using be harming the very creatures that they need most? A new report from Friends of the Earth – Farming Wheat without Neonicotinoids – makes the case for neonicotinoidContinueContinue reading “‘Wheat farming – neonic seeds are bad news for the birds and the bees’ – Guest Post by Sandra Bell”
Google Earth Engine: Evidence of Our Impact on the World
This evening, whilst having dinner with some friends, the remarkable technological historical source that is Google Earth was mentioned. It is an amazing record of our times and charts the impact that human beings have had on this planet over a relatively short time span (roughly 30 years). The record is made up of overContinueContinue reading “Google Earth Engine: Evidence of Our Impact on the World”
A Farming and Conservation Partnership Success Story: The Cirl Bunting
According to the State of Nature report released earlier this year 12 out of the 26 breeding farmland birds are red listed (the highest category of risk of further decline or even extinction). Since 1970 the number of farmland birds has declined by 54%. Although it must be mentioned that since the early 1990s, when conservationContinueContinue reading “A Farming and Conservation Partnership Success Story: The Cirl Bunting”
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