Marlborough Downs NEP

The original farmer led landscape-scale conservation partnership!

[Marlborough Downs NEP @SpaceForNature]

We can wait for @OpenFarmSunday on June 11th. Join us!
Tickets from £2 pp with our car priced family tickets. See website for details. 🚜🚜🚜

[Marlborough Downs NEP @SpaceForNature]

A Marsh Fritillary caterpillar has been found in a field near Rockley. This is the result of over a decade of nature restoration work across the Marlborough Downs.
#spacefornature
#marlboroughdowns
#wiltshirewildlife
#Wiltshire
#MarshFritillaryCaterpillar
#rarecaterpillars

[Marlborough Downs NEP @SpaceForNature]

@OpenFarmSunday on the Marlborough Downs.
Tractor rides, farm animals, stalls, demos and more! Where nature meets farming! 🚜

#openfarmsunday
#spacefornature
#marlboroughdowns
#farminglife
#openfarmsunday

[Marlborough Downs NEP @SpaceForNature]

A Marsh Fritillary caterpillar has been found in a field near Rockley. This is the result of over a decade of nature restoration work across the Marlborough Downs.
#spacefornature
#marlboroughdowns
#wiltshirewildlife
#Wiltshire
#MarshFritillaryCaterpillar
#rarecaterpillars

[Marlborough Downs NEP @SpaceForNature]

Looking back to a glorious day in the summer, under the Ridgeway. Jemma Batten talks about the work that has been done at Manor Farm, Berwick Bassett. Farming and wildlife living harmoniously side by side!

#marlboroughdowns
#spacefornature
#Wiltshire
#treesparrows

[matt prior @mattthesparrow]

We have just received news of our longest ever Corn Bunting movement. It was ringed using the thermal imager on the Marlborough Downs on 26/10/2020 as a juvenile male. It was photographed on a @GWCT Partridge project near Winchester on 18/5/22 - 61 miles away 569 days later!

[matt prior @mattthesparrow]

First check of Tawny Owl boxes for the year. This is the second year in the row that this female has nested in this box. The nestling is one of the most beautiful owlets we have ever seen.

[matt prior @mattthesparrow]

Another 51 Yellowhammers ringed this morning means that in three sessions at this site, we have ringed over 200 of them. There are about 4-500 present! Today we also ringed a record 4 adult Stock Doves - the forgotten farmland bird!

[Marlborough Downs NEP @SpaceForNature]

OPEN FARM SUNDAY June 12th
At The Gourmet Goat Farmer, Avebury
Fun for all the family.
Head to our website for tickets. Link in bio.
@LEAF_Farming
@SpaceForNature
#FarmLife
#OpenFarmSunday

[Marlborough Downs NEP @SpaceForNature]

We are delighted to be bringing back workshops to the Downs starting with a free family event near Broad Hinton at the foot of the white horse. Join us Apr 21 for bird feeder crafts & a nature walk.

#marlborough #spacefornature #familycrafts
#community
#wiltshireevents

[Marlborough Downs NEP @SpaceForNature]

@DefraGovUK When and how can we apply?

[Marlborough Downs NEP @SpaceForNature]

@DrJohnReade So sad. I don't know you but my heart is with you tonight 💔

[matt prior @mattthesparrow]

It's mid 2nd broods & it was the biggest day of the season with a quite brilliant 93 Tree Sparrow nestlings ringed from 18 broods. This is 5.2 per nest which is phenomenal, mind you we ringed four broods of 7! Checking Swift boxes & what do we find? You guessed it Tree Sparrows!

[Marlborough Downs NEP @SpaceForNature]

The glorious weather we've had recently, means that hay making and lambing have overlapped, making for a very busy time for some of our members! Join us on Online Farm Sunday to find out what else is happening on the farm this weekend.
#lofs20 #marlboroughdowns #spacefornature

[Marlborough Downs NEP @SpaceForNature]

Online Farm Sunday - here's one viewpoint that hasn't been closed due to Covid-19! Join us on Sunday for more of our favourite images of farming and the countryside - thanks to farmer Ian Wroth for this one 😍
#lofs20 #marlboroughdowns #spacefornature

[Marlborough Downs NEP @SpaceForNature]

Just like on Open Farm Sunday every other year, we'll be sharing our experiences of all aspects of farming and the countryside this weekend for Online Farm Sunday. Yesterday you saw how farmers provide pollen and… https://t.co/ttRTTWIu9n

[Marlborough Downs NEP @SpaceForNature]

@Safaricom_Care Is there another way I can transfer the data?

[Marlborough Downs NEP @SpaceForNature]

@Safaricom_Care I am trying to transfer some of my data balance to a friend. Text to 450 doesn't work nor dial *544#. I am in uk. Please advise.

[Marlborough Downs NEP @SpaceForNature]

@AliDriverUK @MRewilding I've managed to tweak HLS and CS prescriptions to accommodate early stage rewilding (first five years) in a format acceptable to NE and RPA. I'll send something to you by email, feel free to share.

[matt prior @mattthesparrow]

Interesting session monitoring Sparrows on Marlborough Downs. 14 ringed & 33 retrapped with the local movements shown on the map showing nos ringed as nestlings & retrapped at the red site today. Total 125 birds caught included 3 superb Corn Buntings, a Kestrel & a Fieldfare.