16 Elephant, 7 Small Elephant, a Privet, and a Lime... last night was the night of the Hawk moths 😍

Pov: you work on a nature friendly farm and open it up to the public for an intensely awesome day 💖 #openfarmsunday

Spring be springing 💙🌞

Ruth Ashton-Shaw farms in Dumfries & Galloway 🌿 Despite her expertise, she still faces skepticism: “One of the most infuriating things I encounter is people asking to speak to my husband or my dad.” Hear how Ruth is proving that women belong in farming 👉 ow.ly/gcLf50V9hlW #IWD2025

With Asulox withdrawn, the need for alternative bracken control is urgent. The Hutton Institute is leading a project to explore sustainable solutions—your insights are key! 🌿 📢 Farmers, land managers & more—have your say! 📝 Take the 10-15 min survey: 🔗forms.office.com/pag... #NFFN

Do you think butterflies are beautiful? You can help researchers at the University of Florence understand why by taking this online quiz. It only takes a few minutes. Thanks in advance www.unveiling.eu/en_US/

📢IPMNET Bulletins on @FarmPep farmpep.net/resource/ipm... Spring is approaching, are IPM plans ready? 👉Catch up on Science and Practice videos www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... 👉Take a look at the IPMWORKS training ipmworks.net/toolbox/en/#... 👉Update your plan ipmtool.net

Thanks to the Cambridge conservation volunteers and our @rspb.bsky.social hope farm volunteers who helped to restore this line of hedge yesterday Amazing what a hard working team can achieve in 29 seconds! @favcolourgreen.bsky.social

The government’s outdated rhetoric is pitting nature against the economy, but the truth is they go hand in hand. Our CEO sets the record straight. 👇

Day 556 million, or who knows because I've lost count at this point, of cabin fever offset in the very best way. Watching the birds 💛

THREAD🌾Defra latest announcement claims they have injected £343M into UK Farming last week, are working on a 25 year roadmap and are relaunching Higher tier in 2025🌾BUT whats behind the headlines - lets get into it 🧵 www.gov.uk/government/n...

Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted by work. I like to add ‘foreswunk’, exhausted before you even begin.

Thread: The UK's biggest green groups join force to write to Defra SoS Steve Reed calling for a fairer, nature friendly future for farming 🌍🌾 www.wcl.org.uk/docs/farming... @rspb.bsky.social @wclnews.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @wwf.org.uk @nationaltrust.bsky.social

Day 26 cabin fever (yesterday) offset by a trip to see some tree sparrows and ducks at Welney with a lovely friend who takes me out in Storms so I don't die of boredom @duerden.bsky.social

Day 17 cabin fever offset by being back on my most favourite, most familiar farmland. Unable to crop walk or look at things how I normally would but watching the birds flocking up was good enough for now

Hello, I'm a Turtle Dove - and I need your help. 👇 (1/4)

As part of the Ag Zero+ programme, we are reaching out to farmers to find out what the barriers and enablers are to them adopting net-zero farming practices. The online survey will help us to understand what support is needed. Take part here: agzeroplus.org.uk/farmersurvey... #farming #NetZero

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "The trial of the additive, called Bovaer, will take place on around 30 of Arla’s farms across the UK and will provide data on how the innovation works in real life, at scale." www.edie.net/supermarkets...

The Scottish Government biodiversity strategy and delivery plan, published today, is an important part of addressing nature’s decline in Scotland. It is welcome that the Scottish Government is acting, but how this strategy is funded and delivered will determine whether it helps restore nature.

The capital grants scheme, opened by UK government to allow England's farmers to invest in infrastructure such as slurry storage to stop animal poo going into rivers, has been abruptly paused www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Definitely worth a read.

🌿 Thread: DEFRA confirms ‘mirror’ agreements to avoid gaps in environmental rewards, but why is this even necessary? Let’s unpack the history and urgency of reforming Higher Tier environmental schemes. 👇

Day 14 of cabin fever offset by a trip to the hospital in blue skies, sunshine, and a field of a few hundred lapwing in the fens

#COP29 has failed to deliver.❌ Trust is broken as leaders leave glaring gaps in finance and ambition—putting people, planet, and the world’s poorest at risk. We’ll keep fighting. The climate and nature crisis can’t wait another year.

People: “Insects are scary and gross.” Rosy maple moth: 🥺

We need a farming system in the UK that puts nature at the heart and rewards farmers for protecting the natural environment. Key to that is ensuring that government creates schemes that reward genuine nature friendly farming, and that these are sufficiently well funded.

Day 11 of cabin fever offset by a 20 minute walk round the block (it's a 5 min walk but everything takes ages on crutches). Blue sky, crisp air, singing starlings. Mood lifted

Well. I feel attacked

Nice bird list from Grafham water last weekend, especially as we could only sit in one spot the whole time. 38 species, with highlights of good numbers of Goldeneye, Little Grebe, and Red Shank. Thank you @duerden.bsky.social for being my babysitter

💡Attention farmers & landowners Want to know how to maximize #SFI #CS #tree & #hedge maintenance payments, including 🦌/🐿️ control? Join our #FutureFarmResilience webinar & learn about options that could boost funding 📅 Wed 20 Nov, 6-7:15 pm 👇