Farming with or farming around nature

Top marks to this farmer for identifying lapwings nesting on his field destined for spring cropping

Ploughed cultivated and drilled around nests

10 in total with three already hatched

#MakingSpaceForNature

A Norfolk village sunset in April with singing blackbirds

So simple but deeply complex

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Ok the hedgerows could be better but the abundance of species growing on minor roads is impressive and a sign of what has be lost elsewhere

Theses are our biodiversity banks

Take it slow or even stop to admire them, it in most cases will be worth it

Between showers & bursting with life

Lapwing Avocet Redshank

Holkham National Nature Reserve

Ticking all the boxes

So genuine question

Do you perform better under pressure?

Deadlines timelines commitments

Or would you rather take a longer view and think about things for a while, lots of words, possibilities and scenarios?

We get nothing done with the latter

Between the showers and the image definitely doesn’t take into account the north wind

Otherwise looking rather spring like

We are the generation that benefited from all that the Natural World 🌍 provides, for nothing

It’s payback time!

An investment worth making!!

#EarthDay #EarthDay 2024

It’s always the more interesting species that appear in the most interesting places

Mouse-tail in a cattle yard on a marsh in Norfolk

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Cold wind off the sea on the fresh marsh this morning but otherwise looking good with plenty of breeding activity

Warblers singing their hearts out

Didn’t see a human soul,they don’t know what they’re missing

This might look pretty uninspiring, but I’ve got Stone Curlew, Grey Partridge, Skylark and Oyster Catcher nesting on this ex pig land

Give it space when they will come!

The cows are out out!

An amazing 48hrs in the uplands
Drumming Snipe, sitting Lapwing, territorial Golden Plover, hunting Short Eared owl, a distant Hen Harrier and lecking Black Grouse
Land use change be careful what you wish for, but a little birch scrub would go amiss!

Surprisingly early sea campion
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Dog-violet brighting up a sand dune complex on the Norfolk coast
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We must remember that nature wasn’t initially a primary purpose for national parks when they were first designated.

Only recently following the Glover review (published in 2019) called for nature to be a purpose for national parks theguardian.com/environment/20…

It’s the common species that make the real difference

The specialists just like to join the party

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Sometimes it’s the small things in life, that just makes you feel a little bit better

Crabapple just wanting to do it thing and make most of the weekend warmth

Already 18° on the north, Norfolk coast and expecting warmer tomorrow!

This gentleman probably has the greatest understanding of sustainable environmental agriculture than anyone I know and will be sorely missed by
Natural England

But I am sure we haven’t seen the last of him 😉

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