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Environmental solutions for sustainable farming. Serving farmers in Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
🌳 What’s your favourite tree, and why?
For #NationalTreeWeek, the FWAG East team answered this very question, and shared their favourite trees. Each with unique beauty, history & environmental benefits.
Read more at: www.fwageast.org.uk/post/celebrating-national-tree-week-2025
📷 Emily Stacey
🌳 It’s National Tree Week! Each day, one of our team will share their favourite tree species and why they love it. At the end of the week, you will be able to find all the stories on our blog.
What’s your favourite tree? 🌲🍁 #NationalTreeWeek #Trees
🦫 Join FWAG East and @beavertrust.bsky.social’s Dr Roisin Campbell-Palmer for a webinar on the return of #beavers to the UK!
Learn about their impact, legal protection, and how to spot signs.
Free to attend — register here:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/834f50...
The huge biodiversity gains from restoring farm #ponds. Major evidence coming in from studies at our Heydon restored pondscape, Norfolk, eastern England @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @fwageast.bsky.social @farmwildlifeuk.bsky.social @brecksfarmerswn.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @epcn.bsky.social
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This stunning #pond was created earlier this year in Essex. Dug at the edge of an arable field where a natural spring had emerged and beautifully captured last week in this photo!
Funding for pond creation/restoration is still available! See www.fwageast.org.uk/ponds for more details.
📷Adam Scott
Join us for a free online webinar with Dr Roisin Campbell-Palmer from @beavertrust.bsky.social as we explore the return of beavers to the UK landscape!
Learn more about these ecosystem engineers and what their comeback means for farmers.
Register here:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/834f50...
From new woodland showing off its survival skills 🌱 to ancient hornbeam coppice ready for revival 🌳. FWAG East offers tailored advice, plans & support for woodland creation & management.
Book a site visit today! 👉 www.fwageast.org.uk/ourservices
Dragonflies or damselflies?
Read all about Emily Stacey’s walk at Panshanger Park, including the 19 species of dragonfly and damselfly found in the restored quarry-turned-nature haven.
🧭 Learn to spot Hawkers, Darters, Chasers & more!
🔗 www.fwageast.org.uk/post/delving-into-dragonflies
This June, we celebrated the incredible career of our much-loved colleague, Elizabeth Ranelagh, as she retires after nearly 30 years with FWAG East.
📖 Read the full tribute here: www.fwageast.org.uk/post/a-summer-celebration-of-wildflowers-and-the-lasting-legacy-of-fwag-east-s-elizabeth-ranelagh
Excited for Groundswell tomorrow! 🌱
Find us at our stand and say hi 👋, or join us for:
🐸 Pond Safari: Wed 3PM & Thu 2PM (FWAG stand)
🎤 Seminar Tent: Thu 3PM — “How Many Chemicals Are Too Many?” w/ @sally-annspence.bsky.social, Silver Lapwing winner Andrew Bott & FWAG Southwest’s Adam Lockyear
🏆 Congratulations to Andrew Bott of Finches Farm in Hertfordshire - the winner of the national Silver Lapwing Award 2025!
Special thanks to our sponsors, Frontier Agriculture and @landapp.bsky.social
www.fwag.org.uk/silver-lapwing
#sustainablefarming #regenerativefarming #farmingwithnature
A curious find by one of our advisors recently. A Caddis fly larvae case made entirely from pond snail shells!
📷 Jilly McNaughton, FWAG East
#invertebrates #caddisfly #pondsnails #pondlife
And the 2025 FWAG East Conservation Award Winner is... Humphrey Mills!
Read all about the evening, and our winner, here: www.fwageast.org.uk/post/celebrating-farming-with-nature-fwag-east-conservation-awards-2025
With thanks to our event sponsors, Affinity Water and @ashtonslegal.bsky.social.
Last week our members had the incredible opportunity to visit Sandon Manor's 1000-acre rewilding project. However, not every rewilding effort needs to be this expansive to make a difference.
Read more: www.fwageast.org.uk/post/rewilding-and-the-role-of-people-rethinking-our-place-in-the-landscape
It's #NationalHedgerowWeek!
While there is no new video from us this year, check out @ukceh.bsky.social's new short film on hedgerow management. Full of tips on what to consider when hedge cutting!
youtu.be/-wtGsvYybjc?...
@thetreecouncil.bsky.social @nffn.bsky.social
The team had an exciting encounter with a nightingale this week during an evening visit to the BCN Wildlife Trust's Strawberry Hill. An extraordinary site in which the previous owner decided to let nature take over this 150 hectare site 35 years ago.
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Discover your fellow FWAG East members and their incredible contributions to the environment.
This time, we meet the Buxtons from Hertfordshire and learn about their dedication to preserving our natural world. Read more here: www.fwageast.org.uk/post/meet-fellow-members-henrietta-nicholas-buxton
Shallow scrape at the bottom of a swale - catching sediment and keeping water on the land.
Water in the bottom of a swale - plenty of invertebrates inhabiting here including diving and crawling water beetles
Newly dug pond funded through FWAG’s Great Crested Newt scheme.
Had a great morning checking out swales, scrapes and ponds at Feeringbury Manor - thank you @fwageast.bsky.social
Lots of knowledgeable people and interesting ideas - hopefully will be able to take some forward on our farm!
@nffn.bsky.social @thetreecouncil.bsky.social @sustainablefarming.bsky.social
25.03.2025 14:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What is the most fun you can have with a hedge? Bring hedgelaying back into the mix! Find out why in our short video. With thanks to Hedgelife.co.uk
🎥 Jilly McNaughton, FWAG East
Thank you to everyone who attended our woodland event yesterday! It was a fascinating day discussing the practicalities of restoring/managing woodlands, and the challenges of deer management. With thanks to the Forestry Commission, the Dukes and the Audley End Estate for their support of the event.
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An update on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI):
defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/11/a...
A group of people in a meadow listening to someone talk. Text reads: Alice Clark, Farm environment advisor FWAG East
CJS Focused Week #NationalCareersWeek. Today we hear from Alice, Farm Environment Advisor from @fwageast.bsky.social. Learn what her role entails and her valuable insights for anyone looking for a rewarding career in conservation and agriculture. c-js.uk/4i3wnJH
07.03.2025 10:24 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Dive into the magic of pond restoration with FWAG East's Jilly McNaughton! Watch as Jilly and Andrew transform two ponds, thanks to Affinity Water's 'Rooting for Wildlife' fund.
Enjoy the teaser!
To find out more, and to see the full video: www.fwageast.org.uk/post/walking-the-pond-talk
Hats off to our amazing hedgelaying course attendees! Despite the challenging weather last week, you all did a wonderful job. Huge thanks to Hedgelife for their expertise and to Andrew and Vanessa Gibson for hosting. Special thanks to www.justwilliambutcher.com for the delicious home-reared sausages
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Mark your calendars! 🗓️ Our upcoming events are just around the corner.
Remember FWAG East members benefit from priority, discounted booking for our events & workshops.
Upcoming events: www.fwageast.org.uk/ourevents
FWAG East membership: www.fwageast.org.uk/joinfwageast
It's the first day of the @gwct.org.uk's #BigFarmlandBirdCount!
We kicked off with a farm walk this morning, spotting large flocks of finches on AB9 plots and winter cover crops that have seeded. Despite the Baltic conditions, everyone had a good time and enjoyed their well-deserved bacon bap.
Woodland creation and management are key to delivering significant environmental benefits, from boosting biodiversity to enhancing ecosystem resilience. 🦉🌿
Learn how improving existing woodlands and creating new ones can maximize their environmental value: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/143260-...
Bats or great-crested newts? "Neither because I want growth" is simply one of the stupidest, immoral and most dismal political answers ever. I'm #teambat #teamnewt #teamhuman #teamhabitableplanet and this story I wrote over the weekend has been cheering me up www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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