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Francis Buner

@fbuner

Conservation Scientist, PhD | Wildlife recovery & farmland biodiversity | fact driven | he/him *views & mistakes my own*

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calendar_today25-04-2012 09:54:12

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Incredible footage from our Uplands team!😱 While monitoring #RedGrouse nests the team found a young female #adder inspecting the egg remains...🐍 This is nest from a #radiotagged hen in the red grouse project. Luckily for the grouse the nest had hatched 4 days earlier!🐣

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We are very lucky to have farmers like Graham Denny in the UK, who are so passionate about the wildlife on their farms. In fact, there are thousands of them going about #FarmingwithNature quietly. Other European countries envy us for this level of engagement. Let's not lose it.

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Agreed. I certainly advise farmers to have them, but also advise to keep an eye on them. In certain places, they can become dominant and take over woodland clearings, nice shrubby areas, and whole hedges. That we usually don't want to happen.

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Mulch Matters! This Hawthorn was planted last December as a 30cm cell grown plant. It is now out of its 1.2m tube! The linear mulching system we used has retained moisture superbly given the hot weather we’ve had, particularly on this light free draining soil. Oakbank Game

Mulch Matters! This Hawthorn was planted last December as a 30cm cell grown plant. It is now out of its 1.2m tube! The linear mulching system we used has retained moisture superbly given the hot weather we’ve had, particularly on this light free draining soil. <a href="/OakbankGame/">Oakbank Game</a>
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Great to be up the ladder again this Friday and actually see some healthy #kestrel chicks. It's a very bad year for them this year, owing to the rodent cycle being rock bottom. Also, I'm yet to located a barn owl brood in my patch.

Great to be up the ladder again this Friday and actually see some healthy #kestrel chicks. It's a very bad year for them this year, owing to the rodent cycle being rock bottom. Also, I'm yet to located a barn owl brood in my patch.
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It was a great pleasure to visit Graham Denny yesterday in my role as #SchöffelCountrysideAwards judge. While he showed me around, I saw a #turtledove, a very respectable #swift colony, superb #nightingale habitat and generally a dedication to conservation that is hard to beat.

It was a great pleasure to visit <a href="/GrahamDenny9/">Graham Denny</a> yesterday in my role as #SchöffelCountrysideAwards judge.  While he showed me around, I saw a #turtledove, a very respectable #swift colony, superb #nightingale habitat and generally a dedication to conservation that is hard to beat.
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#Kestrel are a red-listed #farmlandbird. These three youngsters are lucky to have made it to shortly before fledging, thanks to this box I put up in an area of farmland with a high diversity of prey. This is important in a year like this where rodent numbers are very low.

#Kestrel are a red-listed #farmlandbird. These three youngsters are lucky to have made it to  shortly before fledging, thanks to this box I put up in an area of farmland with a high diversity of prey. This is important in a year like this where rodent numbers are very low.
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The only reason sightings of #cornbunting like these are still possible in the UK, is thanks to farmers #FarmingwithNature. If this is to continue, the UK government needs to get their act together, fast. They are almost gone in some EU countries thanks to the #CAP. Defra UK

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Why don't more farmers create such beautiful arable #fieldmargins? They work best on light soil - which are not exactly uncommon - essentially they work anywhere if done correctly. It goes without saying that they aren't only very nice-looking, but also great for biodiversity.

Why don't more farmers create such beautiful arable #fieldmargins? They work best on light soil - which are not exactly uncommon - essentially they work anywhere if done correctly. It goes without saying that they aren't only very nice-looking, but also great for biodiversity.