Cranborne Chase Farmer Cluster

Farmer cluster covering 8400 hectares of the Cranborne Chase AONB. Priority habitats include lowland calcareous grass, arable, woodland and riparian habitats

[James Reed @upwoodfarm]

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[James Reed @upwoodfarm]

Worth a listen

[Rachel Nichols @RachelNNichols]

As part of the @H2020_FRAMEwork annual meeting this week, @GWCTScience organised a brilliant day out on @FarmerCluster and @MDSuperCluster learning about the history of #FarmerClusters as well as current #biodiversity sensitive farming activities taking place! #agroecology

[Cranborne Chase Farmer Cluster @FarmerCluster]

@Perdixwildlife @Gameandwildlife @FWAGSouthWest

[Cranborne Chase Farmer Cluster @FarmerCluster]

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[Cranborne Chase Farmer Cluster @FarmerCluster]

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[James Reed @upwoodfarm]

@FarmerCluster https://t.co/ccHB3IbhJu

[Martin Down Farmer Supercluster @MDSuperCluster]

That's a wrap! BBC Countryfile filming complete on the Martin Down Farmer Supercluster 🎥

See what some of our farmers get up to on Sunday 9th May, BBC1 @ 6pm.

Themes - farmer clusters, turtle dove puddles, butterfly banks & farmland birds. Hope they get our message straight!!

[Cranborne Chase Farmer Cluster @FarmerCluster]

@drjohnholland2 @FWAGSouthWest @HedgelinkUK example hedges on a farm recently taken on by a cluster member. Lack of active hedge management in the past has resulted in deterioration in places but good taking points on how to rejuvenate and techniques to maintain good hedges

[Cranborne Chase Farmer Cluster @FarmerCluster]

A very interesting discussion yesterday with Nigel Adams @drjohnholland2 @FWAGSouthWest Clare Buckerfield. Looking at over management and under management of hedges. Best methods to manage and rejuvenate @HedgelinkUK

[Martin Down Farmer Supercluster @MDSuperCluster]

We've won a Bees' Needs award in the 2020 Farming category!🤩

🐝Thank you @DefraGovUK @NFFNUK @pow_rebecca and @CFEonline and well done to all the other winners🐝

Here's a short film from us. Enjoy! 🥳

#BeesNeeds #Champions #Pollinators #farmingwildlife

[Martin Down Farmer Supercluster @MDSuperCluster]

We've just surveyed some of the new beetle banks & hedgerows in the Martin Down cluster for harvest mice. Astonished and SO EXCITED to find nests in all of them! 🤩 These mice get a move on... banks are <2yrs old!!

Thanks to volunteer Ellen 👍

#farmingwildlife @Mammal_Society

[Martin Down Farmer Supercluster @MDSuperCluster]

Chalke Valley Farmer Cluster is part of our supercluster around Martin Down NNR. They've been trying their hands at an app to help record more wildlife 🦋🐝🦉🐦🦔🌿 read more here 👇

[Martin Down Farmer Supercluster @MDSuperCluster]

Grey partridge in "Battle of the Broods"!

Good to see them looking so spritely, even on a miserable day 🌧️

🎥by N.Jewell

@Gameandwildlife @Perdixwildlife

[Martin Down Farmer Supercluster @MDSuperCluster]

The season for many of our flowers and invertebrates is almost over... but you wouldn't think it looking at this scene! We've loved watching this little pocket of land develop over the last year. Pond, nectar mix, butterfly bank & new hedgerow all looking great #farmingwithnature

[Somerset Rivers Authority @SRAnews]

Good progress being made at Montacute with a new natural flood management scheme. Works to Mill Stream channel now done, to masterplan by team from @NTSouthWest @FWAGSouthWest with @SRAnews @Interreg2Seas funding. Here's Angelique McBride of FWAG SW with a flow-spreader

[Cranborne Estate @CranborneEstate]

Our very own Nathan took this picture yesterday of a short-eared owl on one of our winter-cover strips. @MDSuperCluster

[RPA @Ruralpay]

Apply online now for Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme Round 3 #CPSG. Find out how: https://t.co/LWPdh9Z6xv

#CountrysideProductivity
@NFUtweets @DefraFAS @FWAGSouthWest @CLAtweets @NFFNUK @IAgSA_UK @tenantfarmers

[Martin Down Farmer Supercluster @MDSuperCluster]

🎉Thank you @NaturalEngland for featuring the Martin Down Farmer Supercluster in your newly launched strategy for 2020-2025 🎉

https://t.co/G73hRWu573

Well done @Gameandwildlife @_James1Phillips for helping get cluster models into agri-environment policy!
#farmingwithnature

[Wiltshire Rivers @WiltsRivers]

Before... and after. Recent restoration project on the River Bourne working together with Milford Preservation Society.

Clear to see the flow diversity already!

Huge thanks to all our #volunteers

#riverrestoration #riverbourne #troutliveintreestwo #woodinrivers #loveyourriver