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Farmers and UK Wildlife?

I often read, listen and watch, articles on British farming and how beneficial it is for this countries wildlife and that farmers are the best

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Ministers Watering-down Green Pledges

Fiona Harvey, The Guardian’s Environment correspondent, Tue 16 March 2021.  ABRIDGED ARTICLE. Ministers are weakening the UK’s environmental protections in the aftermath of leaving the

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Former Pond at Exceat

Four days ago I posted the following picture and text to a historical interest group on Facebook and so far it has received 316 likes

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Licencing of Gamebird Shoots

The recreational shooting of gamebirds is widespread and long established in lowland England.  Over the past century there has been a marked shift in the

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Talking of Oats

Whilst sorting and indexing images, I came across this stunning image of a ploughman and his horses taking their lunch break. He’s probably having a

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Oats – A Few Facts…

This is a thread I recently came upon in a Facebook group concerned with farming in the past.  I’ve often wondered about oats and how

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Wood Yard near Netherfield

The first day of March, a day bathed in warm sunshine tempered by a soft south-easterly breeze filtering through the broad expanse of leafless forest. 

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