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News and Stories
We were delighted to take part in Agriculture Unlocked, a careers-focused event held at Thetford Grammar School.
Recently, we met with Ray Harcourt, Watch Commander and Wildfire Lead for Norfolk Fire Service, to explore opportunities for collaboration between BFWN and the Fire Service.
This summer’s farm walk was a great success, thanks to the generous hospitality of William van Cutsem and his family on the Hilborough Estate
A warm welcome to our new BFWN members, we hope you enjoy the Newsletter!
Welcome to our September newsletter. Tips on cultivated margins, project updates and upcoming events and free advice.
A warm welcome to our new BFWN members, we hope you enjoy the Newsletter!
A warm welcome to our new BFWN members, we hope you enjoy the Newsletter!
Welcome to the latest BFWN newsletter.
We're very proud to share an article writen by member and naturalist John Secker.
We were very lucky to host a visit from Natural England (NE) to demonstrate the work and potential of BFWN in the Brecks.
We bring the amazing news that our application for a DEFRA funded Landscape Recovery pilot was successful!
The OEP has called for evidence on nature recovery as part of it’s scrutiny of Government’s plans and environmental targets for improving nature
Lucy Hatcher and Pip Goodwin started work with the BFWN at the beginning of April to jointly manage the Landscape Recovery project and take on the group’s coordinator role.
Anna Hill from Radio 4 Farming Today recently interviewed Richard Evans and Lucy Hatcher from the BFWN team at Stonehouse Farm to discuss the Landscape Recovery project.
A really useful output of the BFWN DEFRA Test & Trial is the simple monitoring tool for cultivated margins
BFWN has submitted the final report to DEFRA for the Test & Trial in Landscape Recovery
We're on the look out for someone to join the Breckland Farmers Wildlife Network at this exciting time.
50 farmers, naturalists and friends of the network came together on cultivated margins and conservation areas to share experiences and learn about optimal management and wildlife benefits of cultivated margins in the Brecks.
BFWN has delivered three workshops so far in 2022 as part of a second DEFRA Test & Trial within the new Environmental Land Management scheme top tier, Landscape Recovery.
An amazing 45 responses came back from our DEFRA Test & Trial baseline survey! Here is a quick tour of the results.
One of the delights of being part of BFWN is the discovery of important species in unexpected places.
Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman visited cultivated margins at Bowes Farms Ltd at the kind invitation of BFWN member Kevin Bowes.
The artist who designed our beautiful BFWN logo is holding an exhibition in north Norfolk this month.
A warm welcome to our new BFWN members, we hope you enjoy the Newsletter!
Current restrictions are not curtailing our efforts to work together.
As soon as we accessed our funding, our advisor Rob Hawke started his work on species data and mapping work.
One of the delights of being part of BFWN is the discovery of important species in unexpected places.
BFWN are now corporate members of Plantlife.
Another iconic species that is genuinely facing extinction is the Eurasian Curlew. Until recently, this species received less attention in Breckland than Woodlark, Stone-curlew and Nightjar. BWFN is trying to change that and to increase the Curlew’s chances of survival