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  Earlier in June John Clarke was out looking at the stewardship margins that have been left to self seed this year with arable wild flowers. In addition to a host of very interesting species including meadow buttercup, field and long headed poppy, white... Posted Aug 07 2012, 02:13 PM by Farmer Jake Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Yellow Hammer [Edit Tags]

• Stewardship Update

  I thought that I would just take a quick moment to update you on how the various stewardship options have progressed over the dry summer. On the whole most seemed to have coped very well although some species have rather taken over! This first wild bird... Posted Sep 26 2011, 09:00 PM by Farmer Jake Filed under: higher level stewardship, Yellow Hammer, Corn Bunting, Pollen and Nectar, linnets, Wild Bird Food, Insects [Edit Tags]

• Seed Selection

  Today Paul Gillet and I went to see some game cover and stewardship seed mixtures sold by David Bright Seeds Paul is the Head Keeper at Overbury and together we wanted to go down and have a look at different mixes of seed after the hard winter weather... Posted Jan 24 2011, 06:27 PM by Farmer Jake Filed under: higher level stewardship, skylark, Lapwing, Yellow Hammer, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Partridge, Turtle dove, David Bright Seeds, Tree Sparrow [Edit Tags]

• Beetling About

  Earlier this year we decided to plough up about 0.5ha of winter beans in order to establish a beetle bank and some extra winter bird mix area. The beetle bank will protect the wild bird feed area, incorporating a game strip from the activities going on... Posted May 28 2010, 08:10 AM by Farmer Jake Filed under: higher level stewardship, Bredon Hill, Yellow Hammer [Edit Tags]