Bere Marsh Farm is a hive of activity for the media!

Yesterday (Tuesday 18 May 2021) we were delighted to welcome radio and TV crews at Bere Marsh Farm. The CRT will be featured on BBC TV South on Thursday and BBC Radio Solent/Dorset talking about the farm and our fabulous new project for Bees, all on World Bee Day.

All in all, Tuesday was a busy day with the two crews as we had to work at a brisk rate to get all the filming and interviewing in before the predicted heavy rainstorms came blowing in. It all worked brilliantly and just in time with Elaine Spencer White, Bere Marsh Farm Manager, the last to be interviewed by the TV reporter, James Ingram, as the first of the raindrops began falling.

All being well, there will be broadcast packages going out on Radio Solent/Dorset in their breakfast show on Thursday, with the TV package being broadcast through the day on BBC South. We’re also keeping our fingers crossed that BBC Radio Four’s early morning Farming Today programme will carry a piece on Thursday as I have spoken to their producer who then requested it from Radio Solent.

Bere Marsh was on BBC South Today on 25 May 2021 and can be viewed:

Listen to the This Is Alfred Radio in Shaftesbury interview here.

Dorset Radio interview can be heard here.

Radio Four's Farming Today interview here.

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Bluebell Walk at Margaret Wood

Enjoy a beautiful walk at Margaret Wood, marvelling at the fabulous bluebells. Stay for a tea, cake and chat afterwards with our amazing team of volunteers.
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Thanks to money raised in our Twelve Gifts of Christmas campaign, we were thrilled to buy new withies to plant in our osier beds at Bere Marsh Farm. These willows will help provide important habitat for wildlife.
Exploring Bere Marsh Farm

Jenny Ashdown plays a key conservation role at Bere Marsh Farm. Here she talks us through the key areas of the farm and explains the important habitat each section provides and how our land is managed for the benefit of wildlife.

Creative workshop: Lino cutting and print

Enjoy a full day workshop, ideal for beginners wanting to learn the fundamentals of lino printing. Led by Mel Bennett, you'll gain hands-on experience to bring your nature inspired image to life in print.
Creative workshop: Inspirational writing

Develop your creative writing skills at this relaxed and inspiring half day writing workshop, led by Ingrid Hayes. We'll start with a nature walk to get the ideas flowing and then practice different techniques, all in the idyllic surroundings of Bere Marsh Farm.
Creative workshop: Collage in nature

Dorset artist Deb Chisman is back for another art based creative workshop in the beautiful surroundings of Bere Marsh Farm. Create your own collage, using nature as inspiration and with a focus on our much loved barn owls.
Creative workshop: Stencil printed daisy tote bag

Join us for a morning of floral creativity with pre-mixed fabric paints and bespoke daisy & meadow flower stencils designed by Melanie Ward. Learn how to print onto fabric using stencils as you design your own tote bag to take home.
In search of newts

How many people does it take to catch a newt? In the case of the first formal newt survey ever held at Bere Marsh Farm, it’s actually four members of the Countryside Regeneration Trust’s (CRT) staff, plus two extra conservationists licensed to carry out the operation.
River Stour nature walk

The ideal activity to keep the kids entertained during the holidays: come and enjoy a free guided nature walk at beautiful Bere Marsh Farm and see how we carry out riverfly monitoring.
Fungi foray

Join us for an autumnal fungi foray at Bere Marsh Farm. Led by expert mycologist Andy Knott, we'll explore a variety of habitats as we search for the many species of fungi on the farm. From the tiniest emergent mushrooms so easily overlooked to flamboyant conspicuous species like Fly Agaric, Andy will help identify what we find and have plenty of fascinating facts to share along the way.
Marvellous moths and beautiful butterflies 2

Discover an array of moths and butterflies at Bere Marsh Farm. Led by moth expert Jack Oughton, he'll open the moth traps set out around the farm the night before for everyone to see and discuss. We'll then go on an hour's guided nature walk around the farm, focusing on butterflies, as well as the other wildlife spotted along the way.
Marvellous moths and beautiful butterflies

Discover an array of moths and butterflies at Bere Marsh Farm. Led by moth expert Jack Oughton, he'll open the moth traps set out around the farm the night before for everyone to see and discuss. We'll then go on an hour's guided nature walk around the farm, focusing on butterflies, as well as the other wildlife spotted along the way.
Discovering bats in autumn

Join our enchanting bat walk around Bere Marsh Farm, led by bat expert Mariko Whyte from the Dorset Bat Group. We'll provide heterodyne detectors for you to use to help identify species, plus Mariko will share many fascinating bat facts along the way.

School trips on the farm
Volunteer with the CRT

Would you like to help wildlife and do your bit to create a landscape bursting with life? To enjoy quiet time connecting with nature to benefit your wellbeing, or to get stuck into exciting conservation projects with a friendly team? To learn new skills or develop existing ones? Whatever motivates you to consider volunteering, we’d love to have you in our team.
What We Do

The CRT promotes nature-friendly farming to help reverse biodiversity decline and combat climate change. We believe nature is integral to good farming and we protect, promote and regenerate our land and all life on it. We put our philosophy into practice on over 2,000 acres of working farms, small-holdings and woodland across England.
Slow-worms – the gardener’s best friend

The UK has 6 native reptile species including the curious slow-worm (Anguis fragilis). Although serpent-like in appearance, slow-worms are in fact limbless lizards and an amazing example of de-evolution.
Conservation Volunteer

This is your chance to get 'down and dirty' to help CRT improve the habitats and environment on our farms, with a wide range of conservation projects and initiatives.
Wildlife & Farms

To achieve our vision of a living, working countryside we have purchased 18 sites across the UK, each with their own unique ecosystem and biodiversity.
Bere Marsh Farm

Mixed farmland, Dorset
Robin Page

Co-Founder
David Mills MBE

Trustee
Regenerative Farming & CRT

Since our inception we have been working tirelessly to achieve our vision of a living, working countryside, and that is not changing, but in a world that’s in its sixth mass extinction we must evolve to fight this threat.