No more Beavers in compounds, please. Let’s get them widely out in the wild in England. No more dithering…

Arable farmland is one of the best places to create blocks of flower-rich grassy shrublands. Here’s how…

A key early intervention to maximise the value of a developing grassy shrubland is the creation of various sorts of wet feature.

A nice paper supporting the European ‘part open landscape’ theory

Flower rich grassy-shrublands support numerous wildlife species of conservation concern, and are easy to re-create.

Flower-rich grassland-shrubland mosaics are simple to establish and support a suite of species of conservation concern, including various species of shrike. They can stand as a habitat in their own right, or form the early years of woodland and wood pasture development.

Towards a more considered approach to natural woodland expansion

Should we set a baseline to strive towards in a rewilding project?