Farm Wildlife
@farmwildlifeuk.bsky.social
A simple recipe of 6 key actions for farm wildlife. Developed & supported by conservation & farming partners.
Advice, info & on-farm demonstration - www.farmwildlife.info
Advice, info & on-farm demonstration - www.farmwildlife.info
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"County Down’s farms demonstrate that productive agriculture and thriving wildlife can go hand in hand."
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RSPB NI and Farmers working together to protect farmland birds
This year’s farmland bird surveys across County Down have revealed encouraging results for several key species, thanks to the continued efforts of RSPB NI, local farmers, and a dedicated team of volun...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"County Down’s farms demonstrate that productive agriculture and thriving wildlife can go hand in hand."
www.rspb.org.uk/northern-ire...
@nffn.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbni.bsky.social
www.rspb.org.uk/northern-ire...
@nffn.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbni.bsky.social
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The huge biodiversity gains from restoring farm #ponds. Major evidence coming in from studies at our Heydon restored pondscape, Norfolk, eastern England @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @fwageast.bsky.social @farmwildlifeuk.bsky.social @brecksfarmerswn.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @epcn.bsky.social
How do you get a 120% increase in wetland plants in the farmed landscape & massively increase water beetle diversity too? The answer is restore farm ponds by scrub & sediment removal - key is to go in hard & make a big impact. See new paper: share.google/VVowsJzqHdPT...
October 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The huge biodiversity gains from restoring farm #ponds. Major evidence coming in from studies at our Heydon restored pondscape, Norfolk, eastern England @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @fwageast.bsky.social @farmwildlifeuk.bsky.social @brecksfarmerswn.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @epcn.bsky.social
As COP30 – the UN’s annual conference on climate change – comes to a close, our friends @rspb.bsky.social shine a light on UK farmers working with nature to address and adapt to climate change.
@nffn.bsky.social @fairtonaturefarmer.bsky.social
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Farmers on the frontline: tackling climate change with nature-friendly farming
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November 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
As COP30 – the UN’s annual conference on climate change – comes to a close, our friends @rspb.bsky.social shine a light on UK farmers working with nature to address and adapt to climate change.
@nffn.bsky.social @fairtonaturefarmer.bsky.social
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
@nffn.bsky.social @fairtonaturefarmer.bsky.social
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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
The @rspb.bsky.social is offering discounted farmland bird surveys (£150 + VAT) to farmers. Local volunteers survey your land and provide a tailored report - perfect for agri-environment applications.
📝 Register by 24 Oct 👉https://www.nffn.org.uk/news/discover-the-birds-on-your-farm
📝 Register by 24 Oct 👉https://www.nffn.org.uk/news/discover-the-birds-on-your-farm
October 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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
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🎙️ 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/
🎧 https://8point9.com/scaling-nature-friendly-farming-in-scotland/
October 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
🎙️ 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/
🎧 https://8point9.com/scaling-nature-friendly-farming-in-scotland/
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🍄🟫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
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
October 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🍄🟫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
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
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
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
October 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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
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
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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
September 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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
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...
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...
Hedges - Farm Wildlife
Hedges Hedges are often a central feature of highly valued landscapes that provide a link to centuries of farming activity. Variation in hedgerow types and management styles characterise different reg...
farmwildlife.info
September 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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...
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
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
Case Study: Managing Farmland for Grey Long-eared Bats - Farm Wildlife
Flying mammals. Grey long eared bats ( Chiroptera ) have a close association with unimproved lowland grassland and wet habitats and marshes. Farm wildlife conservation.
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August 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🦇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
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...
Aug and Sept is the best time to establish the grass sward - more advice 👇
farmwildlife.info/how-to-do-it...
Beetle banks - Farm Wildlife
Beetle banks Beetle banks mimic the dense grass bases of traditional hedgerows and provide shelter for a great deal of valuable and beneficial farm wildlife. What Beetle banks are grass mounds that cu...
farmwildlife.info
August 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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...
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
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
August 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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
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
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/business-...
@rspbscotland.bsky.social @nffn.bsky.social
Fife and Angus farmers lead way in efforts to save corn buntings
But further north, reversing their declining population has been harder as the main challenge is safe nesting.
www.thecourier.co.uk
July 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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
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
@rspb.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @nffn.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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
@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
Our '6 key actions' will help you to support farmland wildlife in the way that best suits your own farm
farmwildlife.info
Home - Farm Wildlife
Helping you to help wildlife on your farm Good conservation management is about understanding the locally important wildlife, choosing the right measures and managing them in the right way. Farm Wildl...
farmwildlife.info
June 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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
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
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
Saltmarsh - Farm Wildlife
Saltmarsh Saltmarsh supports a host of specially adapted species that can tolerate the salt-rich landscape which is regularly covered by the tide, including plants, invertebrates and fish. Saltmarsh i...
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June 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
#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
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