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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...

Alice Clark
Feb 8, 20223 min read
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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...

Jilly McNaughton
Jan 26, 20223 min read
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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...

emilystacey2
Jan 24, 20225 min read
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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...

Alice Clark
Dec 22, 20213 min read
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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...

Jilly McNaughton
Nov 22, 20214 min read
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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...

Jilly McNaughton
Oct 28, 20213 min read
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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...

Jilly McNaughton
Sep 28, 20212 min read
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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...

Jilly McNaughton
Jun 18, 20211 min read
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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...

Jilly McNaughton
Apr 15, 20212 min read
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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...

Jilly McNaughton
Nov 10, 20201 min read
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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...

Jilly McNaughton
Nov 5, 20202 min read
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