Farmland birds are in decline across England. Farmland represents 69% of land in England and so farmers and land managers have the potential to reverse these declines. PhD student, Sophie Cunnington, is doing a survey to understand the farming communities’
Spotlight on farmer clusters: BBC1 Countryfile
Leading UK conservation science charity the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust recently invited BBC Countryfile to visit three farms on the Hampshire/Dorset border to see farmer-led conservation in action. The Countryfile episode will be broadcast at 6pm on Sunday 9 May. Jess Brooks
Today Programme highlights GWCT work on Farmer Clusters
“Birdlife here has burgeoned,” said the BBC’s environment analyst Roger Harrabin, as he visited the Martin Down Super Cluster on this morning’s Today Programme on BBC Radio Four. He visited the farmer cluster, a project joining three farmer clusters surrounding Martin Down
