I’ve had a really busy and interesting week attending events and making videos for #Biodiversity Week . But I always find myself coming back to earth! #Soil #Soil Health #Biodiversity #Farming #Organic #Offaly #FarmlandBiodiversity

‘Healthy Hedgerows’ #25

John, a dairy farmer, Co Tipperary:

🌳mixed species hedgerows
🌳importance of older wood in the hedgerow to allow flowers to develop
🌳considers pollinators/insect life cycles, including a bare soil area where Ashy Mining Bee nest

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Taking cuttings from the farm hedgerows for students to identify tomorrow, the smell is just incredible with all these sweet scented species in flower at the moment #FarmlandBiodiversity

A 🔑 deliverable of our project is to provide solutions to #policymakers for how to improve the uptake & provision of agri-environmental schemes or AES. Why? So that they deliver better for #farmlandbiodiversity . For the summary and full report see here: northsearegion.eu/partridge/outp…

Some interesting birdsong on the rounds this morning. #farmlandbiodiversity

Some of the things we have tried here to help biodiversity. We have increased the number of ponds across the farm they do not have to be massive to have value. Duck tubes are also easy measure to help mallard.
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📢Farm hedgerow walk, led by Alan and Cheryl Poole, near Gorey, Co Wexford.

See the biodiversity actions and results taken on their dairy farm.

Booking is required to attend, as places are limited.

To book, email: [email protected]

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Nice to see these young trout again this year in the stream that flows through our farmyard. They come up every winter from the River Nore to visit.
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Farm pond teeming with dragonflies today
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The kestrel out hunting in the sunshine #FarmlandBiodiversity

Blackthorn in full flower in the farm hedgerows and the pollinators loving it #FarmlandBiodiversity Native Woodland Trust

'Festival of Farmland Biodiversity'

This year we're celebrating 'Native species-rich hedgerows' and enjoying the Hawthorn/Whitethorn blossom during the month of May.

Find out more here:
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#BiodiversityWeek
All-Ireland Pollinator Plan

Great to come down this morning a see a fox in the garden. Not a common sight - our #Offaly foxes are quite elusive! 🦊 #BiodiversityWeek #FarmlandBiodiversity

It was lovely to celebrate #OchardBlossomDay Irish Seed Savers

Nice to see this busy Common Carder Bumblebee pollinating apple blossom, helping to ensure a good crop later in the year 🌸🐝🍎🍏

🎥 Ruth Wilson

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Hawthorn/Whitethorn comes into flower in May, providing nectar and pollen rich plants, feeding pollinators as they emerge in spring.

Manage your hedgerows for pollinators bit.ly/3TzhZza

‘Festival of Farmland Biodiversity’ bit.ly/44mFdfO

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Just a few of the fruit and berries found in our hedgerows in the autumn and winter.

The more plant species found in a hedgerow, the greater number of species it can support.

Find out how to make your hedgerows buzz:
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Our regular winter visitor - this Little Egret is always spotted foraging in our fields #FarmlandBiodiversity

#FarmlandBiodiversity Biodiversity Ireland #BackyardBioblitz Irish Enviro Network

Let’s celebrate healthy and resilient native-species hedgerows.

Find out how to manage hedgerows for pollinators and biodiversity bit.ly/3TzhZza

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All-Ireland Pollinator Plan

Holly trees can live for 300 years, include in a hedge or as an individual hedgerow tree.

Male and female flowers occur on different trees, once pollinated by insects, the female flowers develop into berries.

Hedgerows buzz ➡️ bit.ly/3TzhZza

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