Blogs

A new ‘Wildlife Plot’ agri-environment option, which promises to be one of the best yet for biodiversity, has been developed as part of the GWCT’s PARTRIDGE Project on the Rotherfield Estate in Hampshire.

The latest news from around our GWCT shoots in Loddington, Rotherfield and Auchnerran.

The Rotherfield Demonstration Project is part of the Selborne Landscape Partnership, one of 98 Farmer Clusters in the UK. I recently went to interview Kate Faulkner from neighbouring Norton Farm, another member of the Cluster, and she explained how valuable having Rotherfield in the group has been.

On Thursday 6^th July the Oakbank team hosted an open day at Rotherfield farms to show how the habitat work being undertaken is integral to the grey partridge reintroduction project.

Francis Buner reports on a good year for barn owls at Rotherfield.

Tim Furbank invites you to the first Oakbank Game & Conservation Open Day at Rotherfield on 6th July.

Francis Buner looks at the spectacular range of orchids growing at Rotherfield.

Tim Furbank, Director of Oakbank Game and Conservation, offers advice on wild bird seed mixes.

Members of GWCT Scotland working on the PARTRIDGE project visit the Rotherfield demonstration project.

Together with Rotherfield farms we’ve organised a special farm walk at the Rotherfield demonstration project in Hampshire.