May 2025
Continuing conversations
We’ve been continuing our conversations with tenant farmers to identify exciting opportunities to enhance nature recovery whilst supporting productive and sustainable farming across the estate. These positive discussions are helping to strengthen our collaborative approach to benefit the landscape.
On the wildlife front, May has been a fantastic month. It has been wonderful to see swallows, swifts and house martins returning to the area. The wetland has continued to thrive, with the sightings of nesting lapwings and even the first record of green shank. Boxing hares have been spotted across the estate too - welcome signs of the summer ahead.
In the last month we also recruited our new Project Officer, Alice Soltau, who has joined us from the Cotswolds National Trust, having previously worked at Buscot and Coleshill as a Ranger.