Recommended Reads - A Natural History of the Hedgerow
Reading ‘A Natural History of the Hedgerow’ is like going for a ramble through the countryside with a learned friend. John Wright writes...
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Jilly McNaughton
Jul 27, 20222 min read
Silver Lapwing Award 2022 – A Winning Day
FWAG East member Matthew Doggett of Manor Farms, Barley, has narrowly missed out on winning the coveted national FWAG Silver Lapwing...
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Alice Clark
Jul 20, 20227 min read
The Big Butterfly Count 2022
With the current heatwave, which has everyone attempting to cope with day-to-day activities with various degrees of success, and the...
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Jilly McNaughton
Jul 18, 20222 min read
Beaver Protection Timeframe - Policy Update
As announced by DEFRA last year, the Government will be bringing forward legislation to provide Eurasian beavers legal protection in...
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Jilly McNaughton
Jul 6, 20224 min read
FWAG Farmers and the Big Barn Owl Fight-Back
A recent photo from a barn owl ringing session in the Fens. FWAG East members were treated to a tour of the Raptor Foundation in...
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Jilly McNaughton
Jun 21, 20222 min read
Cambs Farms Growers wins FWAG East Farm Conservation Award 2022
A large intensive salad growing business in the heart of the Cambridgeshire fens has won the 2022 FWAG East Farm Conservation Award,...
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Jilly McNaughton
Jun 15, 20222 min read
Farming with Beneficial Insects - Perspectives from G's Fresh Produce
Aside from being a bit of a mouthful, 'Integrated Pest Management' is one of those areas which sounds incredibly dull but is in fact...
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Alice Clark
May 12, 20221 min read
Important Upcoming Deadlines
The deadline for submitting your BPS and CS claims is at midnight on Monday 16th May. It is important to remember that you must still...
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emilystacey2
Apr 5, 20221 min read
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, 20224 min read
Meet a Fellow Member - Angus Crowther
Meet FWAG East member Angus Crowther
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Jilly McNaughton
Mar 1, 20222 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20213 min read
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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Jilly McNaughton
Nov 22, 20214 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20211 min read
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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