Ross Wingfield

Land Management Adviser & conservationist. Passionate about the countryside and making it amazing for wildlife and those that live and work in it! Views my own

[Tony Juniper @TonyJuniper]

Learning today about the great ambitions unfolding for Nature’s recovery at Ashdown Forest & beyond in the Weald to Waves vision. Multi-partner cooperation key to the possibilities at hand in linking kelp forests with heathlands & all in between.

[The Allerton Project @AllertonProject]

We're hosting a 25 year trial with @WoodlandTrust and our partners in @agricology to see how productive & profitable farming can sit alongside modern silvopasture agroforestry 🌳🐑
https://t.co/x0IKVz7qv7

[Dan Burdett @farmerdanb]

Our cluster group now working alongside scientists from Kew Gardens to deliver data that means something to farmers and help encourage more citizen science 👍

[High Weald National Landscape @HighWealdNL]

Wishing all our friends, partners and followers a Happy (and healthy) Christmas, and a peaceful New Year.

#festive #sussex #kent #surrey #aonb #seasonsgreetings #christmascard #highweald @AONBFamily

[Fidelity Weston @romshedfarm]

Made another video showing how our ⁦@PastureForLife⁩ cattle are helping to create a new wildflower meadow ⁦@Love_plants⁩ ⁦@DefraNature⁩ #farming #biodiversity, check out previous episode from https://t.co/ktGD4q8ogT

[Dan Burdett @farmerdanb]

Had our feed guy on the phone this morning talking about feed prices for next winter. His advice was that farmers need to change things and fast to become less reliant on bought in feed! Never thought I’d hear that

[High Weald National Landscape @HighWealdNL]

*FREE Community Land Management Event 3/2/22*

Do you manage local parks/gardens/playing fields/churchyards/other community green spaces in the #AONB?

Get ideas & inspo for conservation projects that cd be funded by #SussexLund grant prog: https://t.co/8NUXXm8rtf @LundTrust

[Ross Wingfield @wingers1977]

@farmerdanb We’ll done Dan.

[High Weald National Landscape @HighWealdNL]

Delighted to see our #HighWeald Joint Advisory Committee members in person again yesterday for a very productive bi-annual meeting, and to welcome our new members @cllrmaya, @susanjcarey, Eleanor Kirby-Green @EastSussexCC & Jane Hull @ForestryComm #aonb #landscape #naturalbeauty

[Ross Wingfield @wingers1977]

@revandrewaxon Looks like there is a flat edge on the brass part of the tap. I recon that would be the bit that unscrews. Put a cloth over the tap first so not to scratch the metal.

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

Met a couple of people yesterday that spend a lot of time in DEFRA and both said the same thing

‘Consolidation’ of farms in to few hands is part of the the design - this is fancy economic speak for they want to kill off a significant share of farms...

[High Weald National Landscape @HighWealdNL]

Check out these slimy beauties found today during our annual waxcap fungi survey - gotta love that undisturbed, healthy, High Weald soil ❤️❤️❤️thanks to @wingers1977 for the pics! #mushroommonday @NEFieldUnit

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

I sometimes gripe a bit at ‘rewilding’ and it’s blind spots (and how it can be/is abused) but TBF it’s helped me think about and see how nature really works and what it really needs

These diagrams from @RewildingEurope are rather good

[Phoebe Weston @phoeb0]

The country's #NFU reps told me at #COP26 that UK farmers did *not* need to reduce livestock numbers & people do *not* need to reduce meat consumption. At the same time they spoke really positively about getting more wildlife on UK farms. A thread (1/4) https://t.co/FRBsYdNKbh

[Mark Goodman @sheepboy_sussex]

My 2 Shetlands cows collected from their autumn break on @southeastNT land at Battle in the @highweald before bonfire night. Getting some goodness into the field. Good to chat to several people as well as they walked by explaining how they will benefit the land here

[Megan @FavColour_Green]

I'm following #COP26 & I think it's important to remember that farmers are not the bad guys! Instead they hold many solutions both in terms of our biodiversity &our climate crises

(Predictably) I will outline hedgerows as an example, but this is just one of many opportunities

[Innovation for Agriculture @InnovationforAg]

Better soil health at the heart of RASE’s Pre-COP26 Brief - Farm of the Future: Journey to Net Zero.
Soils graphic shows how novel cultivation systems and boosting biological activity will improve our soils. Read the report here: https://t.co/xVIQG19yOx #COP26 #ClimateEmergency

[Ross Wingfield @wingers1977]

@sheepboy_sussex Bottom right hand corner!!! 😜

[Fidelity Weston @romshedfarm]

We have been grazing this beautiful piece of land with ⁦@Nofence_AS⁩ collars, restoring the wetland habitat and bringing back diversity. Good for the cattle, good for the planet and wildlife.

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

The moment when you learn to respect the electric fence - a couple of little zaps and they don’t bother again

Willie Nelson is learning fast