If you're keen to know more about the birds on your farm and how to help them there are only a few days left to register for a 2026 farmland bird survey with our partners @rspb.bsky.social

🎙️ Scotland’s first Nature Friendly Farming Summit explored how working with nature can build resilience in farming. Hear from Denise Walton, Matt Griffin & David McKay on the key takeaways and what’s next for Scotland’s farmers. 🎧 https://8point9.com/scaling-nature-friendly-farming-in-scotland/

🍄‍🟫FREE online waxcap training course🍄‍🟫 Whether you’re a beginner, regular citizen scientist for #WaxcapWatch, a land manager or simply someone who loves learning about nature - our free fungi course is for you. 🍄 Take your waxcap knowledge to the next level 👉 https://loom.ly/-W0_R_4#WaxcapWatch

Want to know more about the birds on your farm? A bird survey from our partners @rspb.bsky.social could help by: - Identifying bird species - Providing tailored, practical advice on habitat management to support them Registration for 2026 is open, but not for much longer! tinyurl.com/3x9k762v

Red admirals can hang around until as late as Nov - some will even remain for the winter. In Sept they are still happily on the wing. Hedgerow & fallen fruit is a great source of food during the autumn. Leaving ivy to flower also provides a good source of nectar when little else is flowering 📷RSPB

It's 1 Sept & hedgerow management can begin. But wait.... Where possible, cutting on rotation in Jan/Feb instead can provide valuable resources for wildlife: 🪶🫐Berries over winter for birds 🌲🌳Diversity in structure 🐝🌼Flowers for insects in spring Advice here👇 farmwildlife.info/how-to-do-it...

🦇It's #InternationalBatNight this weekend! 🦇 As mobile species that utilise the whole landscape, farmland is vital for bats: 🧭hedgerows for navigation 🌳trees & old buildings for roosting 🪰insect-rich habitats for foraging More on how to help👇 tinyurl.com/3sebz34f @batconservation.bsky.social

Beetle banks are a brilliant way to provide essential over-winter habitat for beneficial predatory insects, spiders, ground-nesting birds, small mammals, amphibians & reptiles. Aug and Sept is the best time to establish the grass sward - more advice 👇 farmwildlife.info/how-to-do-it...

Want to know more about the birds on your farm? A bird survey from our partners @rspb.bsky.social could help by: - Identifying bird species - Providing tailored, practical advice on habitat management to support them Registration for 2026 surveys is open until 19 Sept 👇 tinyurl.com/3x9k762v

Fife and Angus farmers lead the way in efforts to save corn buntings - with calls for an autumn-sown green manure option to be available in future agri-environment schemes. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/business-... @rspbscotland.bsky.social @nffn.bsky.social

If you're heading to #groundswell2025, please do come and visit us. Farm Wildlife partners will be in various locations to offer advice and info on farmland wildlife @rspb.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @nffn.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Farm Wildlife provides best practice advice developed in partnership with a broad range of wildlife and farming organisations. Our '6 key actions' will help you to support farmland wildlife in the way that best suits your own farm farmwildlife.info

#WorldSaltmarshDay DYK? Saltmarsh in the UK supports: - half the British breeding population of Redshank - rare insects like Sea Aster Mining-bee & Sea Lavenders - nurseries for spawning fish - feeding areas for migrating birds Grazing management tips to help wildlife here: shorturl.at/9gnX5