Ranscombe Farm - Plantlife's Flagship Reserve

Home to very special arable plants, rare orchids and other wildlife, in a stunning downland landscape. Managed by Plantlife in partnership with Medway Council.

[Plantlife @Love_plants]

Booking is now open for Plantlife's #SpringIntoAction programme of uplifting events across February.
Week 1 is CRACKER inc talks on the role of plants in a time of crisis (@IanPlantlife) #meadows (@DrTrevorDines) & #RoadVerges (@katefpetty) Fill yer boots! https://t.co/W6wThEqssc

[Plantlife @Love_plants]

The data @NPMS volunteers have contributed over the past 5 years really has made a difference - it's now part of a UK Biodiversity Indicator on Plant Health. #NPMSFest Find out more here: https://t.co/doJihPOzEq

[Plantlife @Love_plants]

Volunteers are the very liveblood of the wonderful National Plant Monitoring Scheme that Plantlife are proud to partner on with @BSBIbotany @UK_CEH & @JNCC_UK
Here's how anyone can get involved and help build our understanding of wild plants > https://t.co/F1iSyKTuWQ
#NPMSFest

[National Plant Monitoring Scheme @theNPMS]

Hey why not follow @MothMighty's excellent example & do @joshual951's Intro to Dandelions online course this winter?
It's free & you can take part whenever you have a spare minute!
Link to the webinar & lots more dandy info & ID tips here: https://t.co/bZy1VgZuNM
#NPMSFest

[Ranscombe Farm - Plantlife's Flagship Reserve @Ranscombe_Farm]

@DrTrevorDines @Love_plants @BSBIbotany @wildflower_hour Probably my favourite moment was in the summer, finding that Kitchen Field at Ranscombe had decided we all deserved a visual treat.

[Ranscombe Farm - Plantlife's Flagship Reserve @Ranscombe_Farm]

A quick search of our pheasant'-eye trial plots revealed this seedling. No sowing this year, so it's either from seed sown 2019 or second generation. Fingers crossed for a good showing of this super-rare #arable plant in 2021! #ColourInTheMargins @NatureBftB

[Sharon Hearle @HearleSharon]

Fabulous result for Shifting Sands bare ground plot in the Brecks with 29 tiny Lunar Yellow Underwing larvae in 30 minutes. @NatureBftB @BC_Norfolk @norfolkmoths @savebutterflies @Love_plants

[Plantlife @Love_plants]

Great to see Plantlife's blossoming #RoadVerges campaign featured in @WildlifeMag Reasons to be Cheerful feature profiling 50 uplifting #conservation stories for 2021 https://t.co/Z7qCBu0A66 @MeganShersby @katefpetty @DrTrevorDines #wildlifesuccess

[Rewilding Britain @RewildingB]

🌳Letting nature expand woodlands naturally:

✔️ is cost-effective
✔️reduces disease risk
✔️eliminates the need for plastic tree guards
✔️creates healthier woodlands

Read our report  'Reforesting Britain' > https://t.co/WnjCo62H4R

[Plantlife @Love_plants]

ICYMI you can now listen back to @IanPlantlife on @BBCSussex talking about the value & vulnerability of wild flower #meadows, and explaining how we can all do our bit to enhance #biodiversity
2.42.50 onwards > https://t.co/dmPBIj79BB @CarolineLucas @DefraGovUK @HeritageFundUK

[Plantlife @Love_plants]

"We will be collecting green hay and brush harvested seed and spreading it from ‘donor’ meadow sites to ‘recipient’ sites in an operation that will give a powerful shot in the arm to nature recovery"
https://t.co/r09EwQPdIh @jamesthomashere @bbchw @Mattpitts1974 @IanPlantlife

[Plantlife @Love_plants]

Plantlife will scrape and sow rare and threatened juniper back into the countryside thanks to @HeritageFundUK #GreenRecoveryChallengeFund support for innovative #conservation in #Wiltshire & #Oxfordshire https://t.co/pgPILamp0M

[Plantlife @Love_plants]

Staggeringly, over 97% of our meadows have been eradicated since the 1930s - that's an area one-and-a-half times the size of Wales. That’s why today’s @HeritageFundUK #GreenRecoveryChallengeFund backing for making new meadows REALLY MATTERS! https://t.co/pgPILamp0M @DefraGovUK

[Plantlife @Love_plants]

Plantlife & partners are DELIGHTED to receive a @HeritageFundUK #GreenRecoveryChallengeFund grants to enable a massive #meadows recovery project that will boost wild flowers, tackle #ClimateEmergency https://t.co/pgPILamp0M #TogetherForOurPlanet @DefraGovUK @IanPlantlife

[Maidstone Distillery @MStoneDistiller]

Today we make our first quarterly donation to @Love_plants, we forage at @Ranscombe_Farm for the botanicals that make our unique, herbaceous and citrus Ranscombe a Wild Gin. Thank you to everyone who has purchased a bottle and helped us support this worthwhile charity!

[Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @ASRainforest]

Wise words from our partners at Plantlife, "one of the biggest threats to lichens is many people don’t really know very much about them, and if you don’t know about something you can’t value it". Please read the blog and get acquainted.

[Bird Wise North Kent @Birdwisenk]

We are often asked about binoculars and with so many options out there knowing where to start can be difficult. This week in our birding basics Ranger Mel explains the technical terms and how to get the most from your 'bins' https://t.co/fAVBLNq3yq #birdwise #birdwatching #blog

[Ranscombe Farm - Plantlife's Flagship Reserve @Ranscombe_Farm]

And in the same volume, our paper on the potential of naturally regenerated arable margins to support farmland birds and pollinators

[Howard Vaughan @ELBF2010]

Green Urban Birding - The Ranscombe Loop - 1st December 2020
With blue skies in the first time in an age I just had to go for stroll...
https://t.co/v0FacFRiBz

[Ranscombe Farm - Plantlife's Flagship Reserve @Ranscombe_Farm]

@ELBF2010 @Love_plants @mothsinkent Thank you, Howard, for finding our first corn buntings!