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vox-anglosphere · 11 months

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A farmer's lane leads the eye past an old stone barn in Wensleydale

#Wensleydale #North Yorkshire #Yorkshire Dales #farmer's lane #hedgerows #evening light #stone barn #English countryside

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megpricephotography · 11 months

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A peaceful walk with Flynn, down to the buttercup fields. We didn’t meet any other people or dogs, but heard lots of birds twittering, insects buzzing, squirrels & rabbits & voles rustling in the hedgerows & beautiful wildflowers everywhere.

#home is sad at the moment #we miss Barney SO much #getting outside helps #it's tricky though cause Flynn isn't 100% fit #he's being treated for giarida & he's also not able to take his regular meds for arthritis so his legs are sore #got to take it easy #gentle exercise #sniffy walks #flynn #border collie #england #countryside #spring #hedgerows #fields #rural life

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aisphotostuff · 24 days

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Greenfinch Norfolk Country Lanes by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: Its twittering, wheezing song and flash of yellow and green as it flies make this finch a truly colourful character. Nesting in a conifer, or feasting on black sunflower seeds, the Greenfinch is a regular garden visitor, able to take advantage of food in rural and urban gardens. Although quite sociable, they may squabble among themselves or with other birds at the bird table

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thisisengland · 1 year

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Anstey, Hertfordshire.

#Hertfordshire #Anstey #English villages #country roads #country houses #English cottages #cottages #Engllish countryside #England #Britain #hedgerows

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oaaaatmilk · 9 months

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#butterflies #so pretty #insects #wings #nature #countryside #cornwall #summer #cottagecore #hedgerows #blackberries

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jillraggett · 2 years

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Plant of the Day

Sunday 9 October 2022

The autumn colour has started in rural Essex and this hedgerow of Acer campestre (field maple) is turning yellow. This native tree species has been described by the Woodland Trust as a “Pollution fighter, autumn stunner, syrup maker. The field maple is a sturdy broadleaf which supports caterpillars, aphids, and all their predators, all while resisting air pollution”.

Jill Raggett

#acer #fieldmaple #deciduoustree #native #hedgerows #autumncolour #plants #writtledesign #horticulture #essex #markshall #arboretum #farmland

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thefoodarchivist · 2 years

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Autumnal goodness from the hedgerows of suffolk

#food #healthy food #healthy living #healthy eating #clean eating #whole foods #nature #hedgerows #berries #fruit #blackberries #rose hips #elderberries #sloes

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elemental-skylarking · 2 years

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Foxgloves

#countryside #rural #nature #england #cottage core #cottage aesthetic #farm life #farmcore #nature core #flowers #wildflowers #farmland #pink #hedgerows #mine

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folklorecrew · 6 months

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About hedgerows and blackberries: Macaroon Tart

#About #hedgerows #and #Macaroon #Tart

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rcannon992 · 6 months

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Pollination of hedgerow flowers

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#blossom #bramble #dog rose #ecosystem services #flower and fruit #flower-visiting insects #fruits #hedgerows #pollination #pollinator #Pollinators #Rosa canina #rose hips #Rubus fruticosus

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recidivist · 8 months

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Suggested replies to DEFRA consultation per Wild Justice in their email today 14 September 2023

Read, scroll down to the link to the survey and answer as you see fit bearing in mind the suggested replies of Wild Justice:

EMAIL STARTS HERE

Good morning!

Today we are asking you, please, to respond to the Defra hedgerow consultation. Does that sound dull and unimportant? Well, it might be slightly dull to fill in the form (but it is quick, and we are providing you with quite a lot of suggestions which will make it even quicker) but it is certainly important because hedgerows are very important refuges for farmland wildlife - birds, insects, plants, mammals, spiders ... everything.

Many of the respondents will be farmers, who are likely to respond in ways that make life easy for farmers and not necessarily in ways that make life easier for wildlife. We're sure that many farmers will respond in wildlife-friendly ways but this is your opportunity to speak up for wildlife. The proposals apply to England but responses are welcomed from all parts of the UK (as is clear from Q6).

The consultation is a consequence of Brexit and so is a test of the promises that were made that Brexit would not weaken environmental protection. We are in a wildlife crisis and Defra should be strengthening existing protection, stiffening the enforcement of existing and future protection and focusing on producing recoveries in farmland wildlife. This consultation scores low points in those areas. There is a danger that Defra weakens the existing rather feeble levels of environmental protection at the behest of the intensive agriculture lobby.

The consultation closes on Wednesday 20 September, presumably at midnight, and so you have seven days including today to respond. Here is the link to the consultation: https://consult.defra.gov.uk/legal-standards/consultation-on-protecting-hedgerows/ .

If you have responded to a government consultation before then you'll find this one very easy - there are lots of Yes/No questions and boxes for (optional) comments. Unless you want to go overboard it won't take you more than 10 minutes to answer all the questions and make brief comments. If you've never responded to a government consultation before, then this is a good place to start because it is quite straight forward.

OK, let's get started. There are 26 questions but the first eight are about you (eg what's your name?) so they are easy. The last two questions are about the form so respond to them or not depending on your frame of mind. That leaves 16 questions but almost all of them can be answered Yes or No. You can, of course, answer the questions however you want, but these are our suggestions based on our view that the current regulations are too weak, they need to be strengthened rather than weakened and that our proposals for strengthening them will not disadvantage the farming industry, food production or profitability to any significant degree.

So, you're less than 100 keyboard strokes from having your say:

Q9: Yes

Q10: No

Q11: No

Q12: Yes

Q13: Extend beyond 31 August

Q14: No

Q15: Yes

Q16: No

Q17: Yes

Q18: [Skip or see below]

Q19: Yes

Q20: Yes

Q21: Yes

Q22: Yes

Q23: Yes

Q24: Yes

You could stop there - thank you! You've stood up for hedgerow protection just by answering those questions. But if you want to add comments then these are what we would suggest (feel free to copy and paste these suggestions):

Q9: Please consider widening them to at least 3m.

Q10: Small fields have wildlife too - conceivably more of it per unit area. We are in a wildlife loss crisis and farmland has lost more wildlife than most other habitats/land uses. We should be doing more not the same (it clearly isn't working) or less.

Q11: I can't see any reason why.

Q12: You have not defined 'important' bird species - all bird species and all wildlife species are important. All wild birds and their nests are protected by law - the no-cutting period is a simple means of ensuring that nests are not destroyed accidentally and it simplifies farmers' lives in that otherwise they should check all hedgerows for active bird nests before hedge cutting.

Q13: I can't see any good reason to shorten the period.

We are in a wildlife loss crisis and farmland has lost more wildlife than most other habitats/land uses. We should be doing more not the same (it clearly isn't working) or less.

As a citizen and taxpayer I expect farming to deliver more for the environment.

Many species of birds which nest in hedgerows are declining and/or rare and for some of these the late season is particularly important. Two buntings come to mind - Yellowhammer and Cirl Bunting.

But it's not all about birds - other wildlife would benefit from later cutting dates too.

Q14: We are in a wildlife loss crisis and farmland has lost more wildlife than most other habitats/land uses. We should be doing more not the same (it clearly isn't working) or less.

As a citizen and taxpayer I expect farming to deliver more for the environment.

The existing exemptions aren't really needed - they are examples of farming getting an easy ride.

Roadside hedges can be cut at other times of year.

I have not seen a well-argued case for relaxing cutting dates.

Q15: leave blank

Q16: leave blank

Q17: leave blank

Q18: Regulations must be backed up by effective enforcement. Poor enforcement is to blame for the failure of many environmental policies from raptor protection, preventing sewage pollution of rivers, banning of lead ammunition in shooting wildfowl, restricting the burning of blanket bogs and adherence to the terms of general licences. Defra should engage the public in reporting breaches of regulations and ensuring follow-up.

Q19: Yes, although I believe the benefits might be modest compared with those in agricultural land. Golf courses and renewable energy sites (windfarms and solar farms) must surely be areas where hedgerow protection can be introduced at little disadvantage to anyone.

Q20: Yes, but I have answered yes to Q20-Q24. Some combination of measures is needed and you have not consulted on a proposed mixture. This requires more thought than you can reasonably expect a member of the public to be able to provide at this stage. This is a flaw in your consultation.

Q21: Yes, but I have answered yes to Q20-Q24. Some combination of measures is needed and you have not consulted on a proposed mixture. This requires more thought than you can reasonably expect a member of the public to be able to provide at this stage. This is a flaw in your consultation.

Q22: Yes, but I have answered yes to Q20-Q24. Some combination of measures is needed and you have not consulted on a proposed mixture. This requires more thought than you can reasonably expect a member of the public to be able to provide at this stage. This is a flaw in your consultation.

Q23: Yes, but I have answered yes to Q20-Q24. Some combination of measures is needed and you have not consulted on a proposed mixture. This requires more thought than you can reasonably expect a member of the public to be able to provide at this stage. This is a flaw in your consultation.

Q24: Yes, but I have answered yes to Q20-Q24. Some combination of measures is needed and you have not consulted on a proposed mixture. This requires more thought than you can reasonably expect a member of the public to be able to provide at this stage. This is a flaw in your consultation.

Here is the link to the consultation: https://consult.defra.gov.uk/legal-standards/consultation-on-protecting-hedgerows/

Wild Justice will respond as an organisation but we are asking you to accept the invitation from Defra to respond to this consultation as an individual. Perhaps you know others who also might want to respond to it - feel free to forward this email to them.

Thank you!

Wild Justice (Directors: Mark Avery, Chris Packham and Ruth Tingay).

This is the 159th Wild Justice newsletter.

This email was sent to you because you subscribed to it through the Wild Justice website or through an e-action where you ticked a box. Thank you. We will only use your personal details to send you the Wild Justice newsletter. We will not give or sell your details to anyone else. You can unsubscribe at any time: there is an unsubscribe button at the foot of this email or you can reply to this email and ask us to remove you from the list (the former will happen immediately, the latter might take a few days).

#environment #DEFRA #hedgerows

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lumino-wall · 8 months

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About hedgerows and blackberries: Macaroon Tart

#About #hedgerows #and #Macaroon #Tart

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creeparific · 8 months

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About hedgerows and blackberries: Macaroon Tart

#About #hedgerows #and #Macaroon #Tart

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aisphotostuff · 1 month

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Hedgerow Wildlife - Dunnock @ Rspb Titchwell Norfolk by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: This is a land of wild saltmarsh, fed by natural springs and fronting a vast, sandy beach. Take a seat among wildflowers, and watch the comings and goings of thousands of wild birds.Tucked on the north coast of Norfolk, between the villages of Titchwell and Thornham, Titchwell Marsh is blessed with diverse habitats. Explore reedbeds, saltmarsh and freshwater lagoons where Avocets, Bearded Tits and Marsh Harriers nest. There's also a wide sandy beach here.

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jim-webster · 10 months

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How much should we pay the peasantry?

The problem with environmental schemes is that it can often be difficult to work out whether they are worth entering. Indeed with some it will probably cost you more to take part because of the income you lose is larger than the money you’ll get back from the government. But every so often there is a scheme which throws into high relief exactly what government feels you’re worth. One fine…

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#Civil servant salaries #Hedgerows #non-native species #Sustainable Farming Incentive

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clairehoneybee · 1 year

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Native Plants as Problem Solvers

As a landscape designer, I am presented with lots of problems – planting on hillsides, dry shade under trees, screen and hedge choices, ground covers, deer browsed areas, replacing old landscaping with natives, and lawn makeovers – and I thought a post about what I have done will help you make better choices. So many of our commonly used plants today are non-native Native plants used in a…

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#Carex #creating hedges #evergreen ground cover #hedgerows #lady in red fern #native ground covers #native hedgerows #native viburnums #planting in dry shade #shade ground covers #viburnums

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