Rotherfield Demonstration Project Blog

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.

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

Francis Buner shares some good news from the Rotherfield Restoration Project.

Counting partridges poses a few challenges, even for the best birders. To help you master these field ID challenges, the GWCT has created a new grey partridge ID guide for bird ringers and field observers.

Francis Buner explains how he uses camera traps to give him an early indication of how successful the breeding season has been.