2+ hour, 1+ min ago  (409+ words) South West Farmer FWAG SW: The charity helping to shape the future of farming Ellen James from the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) SW writes: We are at a crossroads: climate change, shifting policies, global instability and market pressures…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (591+ words) Campaigners have warned England's last remaining semi-wild native ponies could be pushed towards extinction unless urgent action is taken to protect them. Dartmoor could lose up to 90% of its Hill Ponies under new Natural England contracts requiring livestock grazing numbers…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (212+ words) A WILDLIFE tower has been approved for a farm field corner site close to the cycleway between Newmans Drove and the Station Road car park at Sturminster Newton. The tower, to be built of timber, local stone and slate, was…...

1+ mon, 14+ hour ago  (403+ words) A local beaver has been spotted swimming in the river as they make a return to the area. James Nash spotted a beaver making its way up the River Avon just outside Bradford on Avon early one morning in late…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (288+ words) Large-scale nature restoration is well underway near Mawgan in Cornwall, where 200-acres of farmland on The Lizard Peninsula are being transformed into a connected mosaic of woodland, heath and species-rich grassland. The project, known as Mawgan Habitat Bank, sits within…...