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Yellowhammer	House sparrow	Barn owl
UK conservation status: Red	UK conservation status: Red	UK conservation status: Green

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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.
Meet the Trotters... Bere Marsh Farm’s two new boars Del Boy and Rodders!

Two new residents have made their home at Bere Marsh Farm in Dorset and are already squealing with excitement and busy rootling around.
Withie beds provide new habitats for wildlife

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.

10 British reptile facts

Discover an array of fascinating facts about the UK's six reptile species, many of which we know are living on the Countryside Regeneration Trust's land.
ELMs improvements welcome

Updated Environmental Land Management Schemes show how essential it is that farming works for nature as well as food production.
Bird ringing informs habitat management

Bird ringing trainer Simon Lane reports on the data gathered on Bere Marsh Farm in Dorset this summer. This contributes to the understanding of how 24 common songbird species are faring nationally, and helps us improve habitats on the farm in an effort to support breeding birds.
Conservationists team up to bring back water voles

Water voles may soon be plopping into waterways across the East of England once again as funding from Natural England enables ground-breaking conservation work to roll out into more counties.
White Stork Towers

At Bere Marsh Farm we think the white stork is emblematic for floodplain restoration. We are giving local businesses the opportunity to sponsor nest towers.
Ground-breaking project expands

The future is looking hopeful for native wildlife from water voles to kingfishers because Waterlife Recovery Trust’s pioneering work is expanding and inspiring new collaborative projects.
Volunteers aid trapped bird of prey

CRT volunteers and a fire service crew rushed to help a buzzard that had its leg caught in baler twine high up in a tree near Bere Marsh Farm in Dorset.
More than 500 birds ringed in 2022

Bird ringing trainer Simon Lane and volunteer wildlife surveyor Rik McCoy report on the data gathered on Bere Marsh Farm in Dorset last summer.
Regional ELMS co-ordinators should be provided by Defra

One of the biggest issues for farmers engaging with the Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS) is Defra providing the right initial and ongoing support so farmers can understand and utilise them fully, says the Countryside Regeneration Trust.
The Undertaker and his guests

Sexton Beetles or Burying Beetles are euphemistically known as the Undertakers of the insect world. They have an extraordinary ability to locate and bury small vertebrate carcasses for the purposes of feeding and breeding.

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.

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