Enhancing biodiversity
in the Brecks

We are a farmer-led group collaborating to create a landscape-scale habitat network across the 400 square miles of the Norfolk & Suffolk Brecks. This is a very important area for food production but also home to a huge range of species, many of which are found nowhere else in the UK.

Creating a wildlife network, not a patchwork

Our vision is to build an ecologically significant, science-based & landscape scale, seamless network of habitats linked through farms, between sensitive sites and across areas of high yield agriculture.

Our network of farms

The farms may all be different, but we are united by a common interest in farming with nature

Rooted in Science

Our work is informed by decades of research led by the University of East Anglia. This emphasizes the critical role farmers play in conserving specialist Breckland species that rely on physical ground disturbance, which can be created using farming techniques.

Sharing learning

Our members collaborate with each other and expert ecologists to learn about the specialist needs of the wildlife in the Brecks, applying this knowledge to target management actions, create new habitats and establish farm-to-farm corridors.

Enhancing nature

We are taking action to protect and enhance the biodiversity of the Brecks, and helping to shape future policy in the area/landscape to maintain the right balance between nature and farming.

Habitat heat maps: More than just mapping

We use analytical tools to demonstrate the best location for key habitats (heat maps). Every farm in the network has their own bespoke habitat heat map. Collectively, these maps are allowing us to target habitat placement in the best areas in the Brecks, and by working together we ensure connection across the landscape.

Working in a unique landscape

The warmest and driest part of the UK with A patterned ground of light, sandy soils home to:

Species spotlight

Some of the 990 priority species set to benefit from the Breckland Farmers Landscape Recovery project.

Enhancing biodiversity in the Brecks

We are a farmer-led group collaborating to create a landscape-scale habitat network across the 400 square miles of the Norfolk & Suffolk Brecks. This is a very important area for food production but also home to a huge range of species, many of which are found nowhere else in the UK.