Joining Forces to Tackle Hare Coursing
...machinery, diesel, tools and off road vehicles. Operation Galileo is targeting Hare Coursing throughout the East of England. As part of this operation there are special days of action where...
Wildlife
Little Tern’s turn out breeding boom
...a first person account of breeding season on the reserve. It is the end of shorebird season. The signs and fences have been removed, the netting rolled up, our small...
The Porton to Plain Wildlife Connections project
...to identify how these species could be helped to move through the landscape. volunteers on Wiltshire's chalk grasslands Maps will be produced for landowners to show how particular areas of...
Looking after our breeding waders on upland farms
A major new survey of the English uplands has highlighted just how important they are for some of our most cherished and rapidly declining farmland birds. Allan Drewitt, Senior Ornithologist, describes the results of the survey and offers some advice …
Stay fire aware in the great outdoors
...safe place, note the fire’s location and call 999. Do not start open fires (camp fires or barbeques) in the countryside. Always have them in safe designated places. Don’t throw...
Ravens have seen impressive recovery
...see that on my local patch in lowland Devon. Over the past ten years ravens have moved from being an occasional winter visitor, to a breeding resident. With that very...
Friends in high places: Ringing peregrine falcon chicks at York Minster
...the roof of York Minster for rather impressive (peregrine eye) views of York. The four chicks were colour-ringed with orange rings with three black letters – allowing them to be...
Educating children on farming and nature
Lead Adviser Alison Muldal, and award winning farmer Lydia Otter, tell us about the benefits of opening up farms to children so they can learn about farming and the environment. Alison: Agri-environment schemes (such as Countryside Stewardship) have been a feature of …
Hints and tips for a Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier application
As Countryside Stewardship embarks on its third year of applications, Dawn Metcalfe, Countryside Stewardship Senior Communications Adviser, offers some suggestions on how to pull together a successful Mid Tier application. When a Countryside Stewardship (CS) Mid Tier application pack lands …
Facilitation Fund 2017- £800,000 to help flood-hit farm groups
Posted by:
Brian McDonald, Posted on:
-
Categories:
Biodiversity, Farming, Protected sites and species, Wildlife
Brian McDonald, project manager for Natural England’s Facilitation Fund, tells us about the £800K that has just been announced to help landowners in flood-stricken areas manage their land. 2017: The Facilitation Fund flood round Spring has sprung and green shoots …