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emilystacey2
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Free Countryside Stewardship On-Line Advice
Applications for Countryside Stewardship (CS) Mid Tier including Wildlife Offers are now open and close on 29 July 2022. If you are...
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Jilly McNaughton
- Apr 4
- 4 min
Meet a Fellow Member - Angus Crowther
Meet FWAG East member Angus Crowther
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Jilly McNaughton
- Mar 1
- 2 min
A plea on behalf of the storm-worn trees
There are few more dignified sights in our countryside than an ancient tree with decades worth of fallen branches stacked at its base. A...
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Jilly McNaughton
- Feb 9
- 1 min
Hedgerows - The Green Veins of the Landscape
FWAG Easts' Rebecca Inman chaired a fascinating session on hedgerows at the Oxford Real Farming Conference recently, hearing from experts...
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Alice Clark
- Feb 8
- 3 min
GWCT’s Big Farmland Bird Count
The Big Farmland Bird Count is organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) to encourage land managers to support farmland...
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Jilly McNaughton
- Jan 26
- 3 min
FWAG Members in Conversation with Janet Hughes
The Director of DEFRA's Future Farming Programme has told FWAG members that it is ‘crunch time’ for the programme. In the session, hosted...
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emilystacey2
- Jan 24
- 5 min
Meet A Fellow Member
James and Kelvin German, Rookery Farm, Pidley, Cambs The German family’s Rookery Farm straddles the edge of the Cambridgeshire fens at...
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Alice Clark
- Dec 22, 2021
- 3 min
To Till or not to Till
Deep out in the rural coast of Essex, on a typically cloudy British morning, some of our members found themselves at Mott’s Farm. A...
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raphaellong
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
Beavers and Natural Flood Management
Finchingfield is a quaint village located in north-west Essex that has been around since local historical records began, with the...
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Jilly McNaughton
- Oct 28, 2021
- 3 min
Hunting for ghosts in the farmed landscape
What better way to spend an autumn evening than to light the fire, pour a glass of something delicious and travel back in time with some...
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Jilly McNaughton
- Sep 28, 2021
- 2 min
A ‘Whole Farm Approach’ in Essex
Standing in George Young’s farmyard, overlooking a post-industrial estuarine landscape on a grey June morning, there was little of the...
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Jilly McNaughton
- Jun 18, 2021
- 1 min
Pond Funding - Auction Launched in Cambs
EDIT - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 14th JULY! Calling all wildlife lovers with land in Cambridgeshire – Natural England funding is available to...
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Jilly McNaughton
- Apr 15, 2021
- 2 min
Novel Cover Crop Scheme a Success
A scheme to prevent nitrate leaching into groundwater and rivers in Cambs and Herts (which FWAG East helped to deliver) has captured 40...
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Jilly McNaughton
- Nov 10, 2020
- 1 min
Make Your Efforts Count in the 2021 BFBC
The eighth annual Big Farmland Bird Count #BFBC takes place between Friday 5th and Sunday 14th February 2021. It’s a great way to find...
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Jilly McNaughton
- Nov 5, 2020
- 2 min
Planning Pond Works? Speak to FWAG First!
Funding is available in certain areas for wildlife pond creation and restoration on farmland to support great crested newts. FWAG East is...
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