Elaine Spencer-White

Bere Marsh Farm Manager

Elaine Spencer-White closed a rewarding career in 2014 that was anchored within the rural sector of both the UK and Southern Africa, returning to the UK in 2000.

After the foot-and-mouth outbreak national policy focused on shortening the food chain under the slogan of ‘local food for local people’. Elaine was the driving-force for a part-EU funded project to research, launch and manage the production and marketing of food and drink for more than 80 farmers, growers and producers across 260sq. miles of the Somerset Levels and Moors. The collective trademark Levels’ Best was registered in 2007 to identify and protect the wide range of produce and the associated markets.

Elaine's support for the CRT combines career knowledge and personal passion and concern for native wildlife, along with a sound belief that they should be mutually inclusive.

She hiked a total of 300 cross-country miles for the Gordon Beningfield Appeal to assist the “Dorset Dream” and is delighted to now manage the restoration of Bere Marsh Farm.

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Please note, Elaine works Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday so might be slightly delayed responding to your contact.

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Wildlife Boxes Helping Dormice Thrive

Thanks to generous donations from the public, we've made 20 wildlife boxes for dormice for several of our Countryside Regeneration Trust properties.
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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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.

Wildlife Boxes Helping Dormice Thrive

Thanks to generous donations from the public, we've made 20 wildlife boxes for dormice for several of our Countryside Regeneration Trust properties.
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.

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.