It's a welcome sign of seasonal change greeting the migrating visitors to our sites. Awnells Farm and Turnastone Court Farm, Herefordshire receives many visitors over the coming months, including the feathered variety. Read more
CRT Livestock Farming and Wildlife Monitoring Assistant, Katie Morgans, experienced her first lambing season this year at Turnastone Court Farm, Herefordshire, this is her diary of the experience. Read more
What an uplifting spring sight. These cowslips are creating a blanket of yellow across Tit Brook Meadow on Lark Rise Farm in Cambridgeshire. Read more about this curios flower now. Read more
At Turnastone Court Farm in the golden valley of Herefordshire, volunteers have been busy over the winter months pollarding a row of willow trees (Salix sp.) which grow along the ‘Trench Royal’. Read more
From wildlife surveys to fungi findings to environmental highlights, our wildlife monitors are at the forefront of our conservation and wildlife work.
Our monitoring programmes are vital to the welfare of our farms and British nature. Our Wildlife Monitors and volunteers complete regular and rigorous surveys, collecting data that is then evaluated and disseminated. This information allows us to understand the successes or failures of our work allowing us to understand what is needed to create a living, working countryside that benefits all.
Thanks to our monitors and volunteers work we know that on Lark Rise Farm, the number of Yellowhammers in 25 times higher now than they were 20 years ago.
Here they share their findings and expertise about British nature that lives across our sites.
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Dr Vince Lea, Head of Wildlife Monitoring
Andy Fale, DorsetWildlife Monitor and Volunteer Manager
Ruth Moss,Herefordshire Wildlife Monitor
Spring is a busy time and always exciting on the wildlife front, with the first sightings of all sorts of species that have been hidden away over the winter. Read more
Tim became CRT's first tenant farmer after we acquired the Telegraph Field in 1993 and his habitat creation and conservation management has led to awards such as the Redlist Revival Life on Land Awards for the highest national density of grey partridges. So how does Tim create a cohabitated ecosystem on Lark Rise farm? Read more
We are delighted to share that Bere Marsh Farm, Dorset is acting as the HUB for BeeWayZz, find out more about this exciting new initiative. Read more
At CRT we are leading the way with a pioneering women-lead team, including our passionate and driven CEO, Danielle Dewe, and Ruth Moss our Herefordshire Wildlife Monitor who is at the heart of our fight to protect and regenerate wildlife on CRT farms. Read more
Head Wildlife Monitor Dr Vince Lea discusses a unique way to age mink, read now. Read more
Monitoring fungi is important, these surveys can reveal much about the state of the local environment and the health of other wildlife populations. Read more now! Read more
Dr Vince Lea has always had a love and passion for nature, but where did it start? Read his latest blog for National Tree Week now, and find out where his passion came from. Read more
As the cold draws in we look at what we can do to support nature and wildlife through winter, from leaf piles to water, read now to find out! Read more
Explore nature through the eyes of CRT's Chairman of the Board of Trustees Nicholas Watts MBE with his 'Nature Notes' from November 2021 Read more
Soaring through the skies birds have been on the move for winter. Read from Head Wildlife Monitor Vince Lea as he discusses the migration patterns of British birds. Read more
Freshwater rivers are home to a wide range of animals, and are used as a source of food, a breeding ground, and a refuge from predators. Read more
Recycling is a positive and simple way for you to help the environment, by making sure that plastic, cardboard, tin and glass doesn’t end up in a landfill, you are directly helping to shape a brighter future for humans and nature. Read more
Explore nature through the eyes of CRT's Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Nicholas Watts MBE with his 'Nature Notes' Read more
An already busy Sunday for Head of Wildlife Monitoring, Dr Vince Lea, turned into a buzzing frenzy (alarms buzzing that is...). Read more
Andy Fale, Dorset Wildlife Monitoring Officer and Volunteer Manager investigates the skies of Bere Marsh Farm after dark. Read more
The three CRT Wildlife Monitors had a wonderful outing to Green Farm to do some team monitoring. Read more
07/05/2021: Ruth Moss investigates what is hidden inside trees Read more
04/04/2021: Vince Lea has discovered we have at least two breeding pairs of lapwings on Lark Rise Farm Read more
02/03/2021: The blackbird pair have returned to nest in Vince Lea's garden. Will the pair of blackbirds that live in Vince's garden reach 2019 total of 16 fledged chicks? Read more
30/03/2021: Vince Lea explains why it's predicted to be a bumper year for barn owl numbers at Lark Rise Farm. Read more