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Dan Tuson

@kentdowns6

Conservation adviser,working 1-1 with farms in Kent restoring biodiversity.Long term landscape scale projects building new generation of flower-rich grasslands.

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Last October's wild marjoram and wild basil green hay transfers bearing fruit this year with marjoram, basil and red bartsia coming through now in these new arable reversion areas. Farmers leading nature recovery 🦋🪲🐜🪰

Last October's wild marjoram and wild basil green hay transfers bearing fruit this year with marjoram, basil and red bartsia coming through now in these new arable reversion areas.  Farmers leading nature recovery 🦋🪲🐜🪰
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Great to showcase the work of our brilliant farmer group driving the East Kent Downs Landscape Recovery Project Canterbury Festival Canterbury Climate Action Partnership Nature friendly farming + wildflower grassland creation at scale = key to success. Farmers leading nature recovery 🪰🐜🪲🐦🦋

Great to showcase the work of our brilliant farmer group driving the East Kent Downs Landscape Recovery Project <a href="/CanterburyFest/">Canterbury Festival</a>  <a href="/CanterburyClim1/">Canterbury Climate Action Partnership</a> Nature friendly farming + wildflower grassland creation at scale =  key to success.  Farmers leading nature recovery 🪰🐜🪲🐦🦋
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Harvest mice... at speed, and dormice.. at sleep, making the most of winter farmland bird feeding sites and garden habitats on our east kent farms this week. Farmers delivering nature recovery

Harvest mice... at speed,  and dormice.. at sleep,  making the most of winter farmland bird feeding sites and garden habitats on our east kent farms this week. Farmers delivering nature recovery
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A busy winter season of hedgelaying for our east kent downs farmers drawing to an end as the first hawthorns begin to leaf… SwantonFarms, Nonington Farms , UffingtonCourt, Bossington Farm. Farmers delivering nature recovery

A busy winter season of hedgelaying for our east kent downs farmers drawing to an end as the first hawthorns begin to leaf… SwantonFarms, <a href="/NoningtonFarms/">Nonington Farms</a> , UffingtonCourt, Bossington Farm. Farmers delivering nature recovery
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Our east kent downs farmers chalking up another win for wildlife with 130 disease resistant elm trees planted on 14 farms to link 3 colonies of white letter hairstreak. Great to work with Butterfly Conservation Kent & SE London & Kent County Council's #PlanTree initiative and the Forestry Commission LATF #GreenerKent

Our east kent downs farmers chalking up another win for wildlife with 130 disease resistant elm trees planted on 14 farms to link 3 colonies of white letter hairstreak. Great to work with <a href="/BCKentBranch/">Butterfly Conservation Kent & SE London</a> &amp; <a href="/Kent_cc/">Kent County Council</a>'s #PlanTree initiative and the <a href="/ForestryComm/">Forestry Commission</a> LATF #GreenerKent
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Small blue, grass snake, dingy skipper, barn owl, red tailed mason bee amongst the early season sightings this week on our Barham Downs project area. East Kent Downs farmers creating new species rich habitats from scratch, delivering nature recovery at scale

Small blue, grass snake, dingy skipper, barn owl, red tailed mason bee amongst the early season sightings this week on our Barham Downs project area. East Kent Downs farmers creating new species rich habitats from scratch, delivering nature recovery at scale
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Great to see these newly created wildflower grasslands sporting early season duke of burgundy sightings this year. Colony sites increasing year by year thanks to East Kent Downs farmers creating new sp. rich habitats over long time scales to drive nature recovery #1to1farmadvice

Great to see these newly created wildflower grasslands sporting early season duke of burgundy sightings this year.  Colony sites increasing year by year thanks to East Kent Downs farmers creating new sp. rich habitats over long time scales to drive nature recovery #1to1farmadvice
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Good to get breeding confirmation on this newly colonised duke of burgundy site, reverted from arable in 1990s & now with flora diversity/sward structure to support breeding dukes, large scabious mining bee, black veined moth, meadow pip', downland villa bee fly, b' banded carder

Good to get breeding confirmation on this newly colonised duke of burgundy site, reverted from arable in 1990s &amp; now with flora diversity/sward structure to support breeding dukes, large scabious mining bee, black veined moth, meadow pip', downland villa bee fly, b' banded carder
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Big thanks to John at biodiversityandhabitatsolutions.co.uk/chalksole-farm for hosting our east kent downs farmers' workshop on BNG with Biodiverse Consulting Ltd and Dover District Council Working with BNG to extend and link our east kent downs farmers long term habitat creation work.👍

Big thanks to John at biodiversityandhabitatsolutions.co.uk/chalksole-farm for hosting our east kent downs farmers' workshop on BNG with <a href="/BiodiverseC/">Biodiverse Consulting Ltd</a> and <a href="/DoverDC/">Dover District Council</a>  Working with BNG to extend and link our east kent downs farmers long term habitat creation work.👍
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Green winged orchid this year’s new coloniser on Robert Maylam wildflower grassland creation areas, surrounded by landscape scale network of farms’ newly created grassland habitats driving wide ranging species recovery inc’ lapwing, turtle dove, barn owl, duke of burgundy, adder

Green winged orchid this year’s new coloniser  on <a href="/robsfarm67/">Robert Maylam</a> wildflower grassland creation areas, surrounded by landscape scale network of  farms’ newly created grassland habitats driving wide ranging species recovery inc’ lapwing, turtle dove, barn owl, duke of burgundy, adder
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A record year for dukes with a total peak count of 590, a mix of well established colony sites, newly establishing colonies & record year for single dukes at new locations across the landscape. Thx to @BCkentBranch vols. Kent farmers creating new habitats, driving nature recovery

A record year for dukes with a total peak count of 590, a mix of well established colony sites, newly establishing colonies &amp; record year for single dukes at new locations across the landscape. Thx to @BCkentBranch vols. Kent farmers creating new habitats, driving nature recovery
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Big thanks to the Managers of Stelling Minnis Common for our east kent downs farmer group meeting looking at pros and cons of invisible fencing as a way of managing cattle grazing on the Minnis for acid grassland and heathland habitats. East Kent Farmers leading nature recovery

Big thanks to the Managers of Stelling Minnis Common for our east kent downs farmer group meeting looking at pros and cons of invisible fencing as a way of managing cattle grazing on the Minnis for acid grassland and heathland habitats. East Kent Farmers leading nature recovery
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Good to find continued presence of Kentish milkwort following new introduction of seedling plants by speciesrecoverytrust on newly created wildflower grassland. Lace border and black veined moth putting on a show too, as first time records on new sites. Farmers leading nature recov'

Good to find continued presence of Kentish milkwort following new introduction of seedling plants by <a href="/speciesrecovery/">speciesrecoverytrust</a> on newly created wildflower grassland.  Lace border and black veined moth putting on a show too, as first time records on new sites. Farmers leading nature recov'
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Fragrant, man & pyramidal orchid & broomrape sp. turning up on our new wildflower grassland creation sites each year - some of many species taking advantage of open, non competitive swards, often triggered by rattle expansion phase,typically 10 - 15 years after initial reversion

Fragrant, man &amp; pyramidal orchid &amp; broomrape sp. turning up on our new wildflower grassland creation sites each year - some of many species taking advantage of open, non competitive swards, often triggered by  rattle expansion phase,typically 10 - 15 years after initial reversion
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Great to join Kent Bat Group 🦇🦇🦇 on serotine roost counts in our east kent downs project area. Good serotine numbers & new roost discoveries showing healthy abundance of large flying insects - testament to the multiple gains of farmers creating insect rich habitats at landscape scale

Great to join <a href="/KentBatGroup/">Kent Bat Group 🦇🦇🦇</a> on serotine roost counts in our east kent downs project area. Good serotine numbers &amp; new roost discoveries showing healthy abundance of large flying insects  - testament to the multiple gains of farmers creating insect rich habitats at landscape scale
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#SFI NUM3 mix Good to see the 🐝 are out in force today after not seeing many in May. A nice hum in the air #Pollinators #SoilHealth Our honey yield has increased 3x by having flowering plants across the farm from March to November ⁦Nature Friendly Farming Network⁩ ⁦Produced in Kent Ltd

#SFI NUM3 mix Good to see the 🐝 are out in force today after not seeing many in May. A nice hum in the air #Pollinators #SoilHealth Our honey yield has increased 3x by having flowering plants across the farm from March to November ⁦<a href="/NFFNUK/">Nature Friendly Farming Network</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="/ProducedinKent/">Produced in Kent Ltd</a>⁩
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Good to see ruderal bumble bee and small blue expanding their range within our Barham Downs nature recovery network, now finding their way north into woodland meadows /glades and colonising new grasslands to the south. Farmers leading nature recovery

Good to see ruderal bumble bee and small blue expanding their range within our Barham Downs nature recovery network, now finding their way north into woodland meadows /glades and colonising new grasslands to the south. Farmers leading nature recovery
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More examples of species recovery being driven by long term focus on rebuilding large networks wildflower grasslands across the landscape - these from our stour valley network this week - inland breeding stonechat & small blue colonising new areas. Farmers leading nature recovery

More examples of species recovery being driven by long term focus on rebuilding large networks wildflower grasslands across the landscape - these from our stour valley network this week - inland breeding stonechat &amp; small blue colonising new areas. Farmers leading nature recovery
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Great to show black veined moth in newly created wildflower grassland habitats to all who joined the Butterfly Conservation Kent & SE London walk. With added bonus of dark green fritillary in numbers & white bryony mining bee. Farmers creating new species rich habitats from scratch, driving species recov'

Great to show black veined moth in newly created wildflower grassland habitats to all who joined the <a href="/BCKentBranch/">Butterfly Conservation Kent & SE London</a> walk. With added bonus of dark green fritillary in numbers &amp; white bryony mining bee. Farmers creating new species rich habitats from scratch, driving species recov'