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Just One Field A small Surrey field in the process of rewilding - two friends working together to help it along

Thanks to a series of milder winters, wrens are currently the country's most numerous bird. And yet they are not often s...
21/10/2026

Thanks to a series of milder winters, wrens are currently the country's most numerous bird. And yet they are not often seen. No bigger than a mouse, they move as fast and, for a bird, they stay comparatively low to the ground - one could say they skulk. Their characteristic round shape, with its small c**ked tail, is well camouflaged in chestnut brown and grey so it can be hard to spot them. But between February and July their presence is obvious from their startlingly bright song, which rivals in volume, if not in sweetness, that of much larger birds. They punch above their weight, these little chaps!

Don't hate ragwort (unless you're making hay). At least thirty types of insect depend upon it for their existence - with...
04/08/2026

Don't hate ragwort (unless you're making hay). At least thirty types of insect depend upon it for their existence - without it, they would go extinct - while another 170 types visit it for food. And you need not take my word for it - the National Trust has the same view. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/dorset/spyway/ragwort Let's hear it for this redoubtable sunny flower!

Pheasants, especially the c**k, are undeniably beautiful and graceful birds. But they are also destructive of native wil...
06/07/2026

Pheasants, especially the c**k, are undeniably beautiful and graceful birds. But they are also destructive of native wildlife, especially insects: they eat spiders, ants, beetles, worms, grasshoppers, leatherjackets and caterpillars, and not content with that, they'll take reptiles such as baby grass snakes and lizards, and small mammals, such as the young of field voles and ground-nesting birds such as meadow larks. They are happy with plant roots and leaves, seeds and grain too. This is all very well, perhaps, were the wild population left to take its chances alongside its own predators such as foxes, but a staggering 30 to 40 million more of these omnivores are released each year for the shooting trade. And by no means all of those are shot: the UK population is steadily rising as a result. Unfortunately.

The nettle and bramble bank is a rich resource for wildlife. But it also needs controlling, one of the most demanding as...
25/05/2026

The nettle and bramble bank is a rich resource for wildlife. But it also needs controlling, one of the most demanding aspects of field management, else the bramble will move inexorably across the field.

The bank hawthorns aren't that big, so it was a surprise that four out of five are in blossom. The bank they are on is c...
16/04/2026

The bank hawthorns aren't that big, so it was a surprise that four out of five are in blossom. The bank they are on is comprised of building rubble and two years ago this month, it wasn't easy to dig the holes for them. Plus last summer's drought was in theory stressful for all trees. Yet without additional watering, all bar one still grew substantially. Hawthorns are clearly super tough.

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