Conservation Scientist, PhD | Wildlife recovery & farmland biodiversity | fact driven | he/him *views & mistakes my own*
England, United Kingdom
Joined April 2012
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I had the honour to host a training day of @BASFAgro 🇭🇺 on #RegenAG for their advisors. Dr. Endre Dobos highlighted the necessity of a paradigm shift in farming. Monoliths from my field and a neighbour’s are now part of the collection to demonstrate the impact of tillage systems.
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And we're off!
Our first award of the night is the Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by @CarterJonas.
Huge congratulations to Dr Alastair Leake on this very special recognition!
@PropelFinance | @AgrovistaUK #FWAwards
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💥 SFI26 funding was exhausted in six hours — and NFU says farmers cannot be split into scheme “haves” and “have nots”
At Labour's Conference, the union called for SFI27 to open early in 2027, while demanding answers over a £210m funding gap
READ MORE: farminguk.com/news/sfi-haves…
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We were part of the SFI pilot, carefully helping to design the scheme. Never did any of the farmers involved imagine it would turn into a fastest fingers on the keyboard first only scheme.
The simple fact is we need more money to support sustainable farming in England.
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When the first apple tree looked skyward and wished for its own star to cherish, the orchard fairy promised one if it worked hard. The tree toiled all year, and in #autumn was rewarded with stars at the heart of its fruit, to cradle the seeds of future trees. #FolkloreThursday
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You don’t even need a garden. This has been picked, at various times, from hedgerows within the city of Southampton.
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We're resetting our relationship with farmers.
Thanks to @agricontract for hosting Secretary of State, @angelaeagle to discuss how we can work together to ease the challenges and make the most of opportunities in farming.
This is just the start – stay tuned for our full vlog.
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' In a muddle if you have got a lot of Buddle?' Treasures lie within. Golden margin 20+years old, greener strip 3 years old, waiting to calm down from years of intensive inputs
& allow rarities to flourish, emerging from the seed bank. Alive with insects and birds even in 30°+
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#NationalMeadowsDay. This field was a field of wheat when I first saw it as a very new farm adviser in the early 00's and today it looks like this. Alive with colour, insects and joy!!!! # itcanbedone #Meadows @Love_plants #CountrysideStewardship
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Recently fledged Kestrel hunting grasshoppers & butterflies along the path to brickfields. Good numbers of insects for them to feed on in the warm sunshine now they are independent of their parents, a very vulnerable time for these youngsters as the learn essential hunting skills
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YES! How often/how long animals go over heat stress thresholds impacts milk yield, fertility, DLWG, immune function &more; welfare AND bottom line implications
Study in Wales 2025 showed cows without shade saw milk yield loss of 117.3kg/cow over 87days
businesswales.gov.wales/farm…
When the sun is blazing, a good hedge makes all the difference. Ewes/lambs taking refuge in the shade of a tall hedge. A reminder that healthy hedges deliver benefits for wildlife, farming & animal welfare. 🐑☀️
📸 Rupert Marshall #DevonHedges #Hedgerows #Livestock #DevonFarming
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11 years on from being intensively farmed. I can't believe the transformation! #wildflowerhour
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Today on Crofting Matters, as part of our Shetland series special, we chat with Eve Eunson of Fair Isle and Ewen Balfour about preserving Shetland’s endangered straw crafts and the traditional Shetland black oats, known locally as "aets". Tune in now!
player.captivate.fm/episode/…
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Exactly what about this document helps me as a farmer to invest and plan with any confidence?
I can’t find a single part of it that makes me think that.
It contains no actions to address fundamentals and no support to remotely match that lost in the last 5 years
A clearer future for farming in England 🚜
Our landmark Farming Roadmap is built in partnership with farmers so they can invest and plan for generations to come
Read more: gov.uk/government/news/new-p…
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Biofuels can be a greener alternative to fossil fuels — but only if produced sustainably.
Poorly planned expansion risks harming biodiversity, ecosystems, and food security.
Our new Issues Brief explains 👇
info.iucn.org/4e4A2I8
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European swallows are desperate for nesting sites.
Their favorite traditional stables & barns are disappearing.
This nest is on top of a lamp in an ‘arcade’ of a restaurant in my village.
The owners didn’t chase them away…they moved the table beneath!
#Coexistence with #wildlife
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Apocalyptic bird nest.
A Russian glide bomb knocks down a tree in Donbas. From the shattered branches rolls out a tiny bird’s nest.
Made of drone fiber-optic cable.
Source: Oleg Malchenko
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Fantastic insights into #kestrel diet from @fbuner.
For more information on our #nestbox monitoring equipment and digital services, you can contact us through our PERDIX Digital website.
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