Spotlight farmers

Michael Sly

Michael Sly is the Chairman of the Cambridgeshire Group of the Campaign for the Farmed Environment and a keen advocate of the Farmland Bird Package. More...

Liz Davidson

Liz tells first-hand of her experiences of running a profitable farm, whilst attracting a wide range of bird life to the family land. More...

Chris Dowse

Chris Dowse talks about balancing profitable farming with helping wildlife on his north Lincolnshire farm. More...

Peter Kendall shares some of the challenges he and his family have faced over the last 100 years on their farm in Bedfordshire. Peter's main motivation has been to improve his patch of England and as a result has increased bird numbers and wildlife diversity. More...

David Knox

David Knox runs a 68ha mixed beef and sheep enterprise on our beautiful Causeway coast, home to the Giant's Causeway and Northern Ireland's only remaining pair of choughs. More...

Angela and Alex McColl

Delighted to have won the Scottish Operation Lapwing Competition, Angela and Alex McColl, of Loig Farm in Perthshire, were ecstatic to then go on to win the overall UK prize for 2006. More...

Gareth Roberts

Since taking over the tenancy of Cwrt Farm ten years ago Gareth has put in many conservation measures that benefit wildlife. More...

Paul Simpson

I farm 300 hectares of the Lulworth Estate on the famous Jurassic Coast in Dorset, and have seen the postwar drive for production replaced by competition from a globalised food supply and a demand for ‘environmentally sustainable’ farming. More...

Hugh and Bridget Watson

Hugh and Bridget Watson farm in Cloghey on the Ards peninsula in Northern Ireland. Cereal growing has declined across much of the country, but in this eastern part of Co Down with its lower rainfall and sheltered position, it continues More...

Hywel Williams

'I have been farming here at Hafoty Gwyn all my life, and as long as I can remember, there have been lapwings here on the farm. This farm wouldn't be complete without the lapwings and it's been a natural thing to manage the farm to ensure that these birds can breed here.' More...