Farming
We're working with farmers to find and share practical wildlife-friendly farming techniques.
Farming near you
Farming after Brexit
Following the decision in June 2016 for the UK to leave the European Union, major decisions will need to be made about how all governments across the UK support the environment, farming and rural development to replace the Common Agricultural Policy.
The RSPB, in partnership with leading UK conservation organisations, has called on the government to grasp the opportunity to provide more support to nature-friendly farmers and secure a better future for our countryside. We are currently working with farmers and others with expertise in food, rural development and conservation to achieve this.
Advice
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Get a farmland bird survey
Find out how to get a survey of the bird-life on your farmland.
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Helping species
If you know which birds are on your farm, then you can find out what they need and how you can help them.
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Managing habitats
Advice on how to manage habitats for wildlife on your farm, from margins, banks and headlands to meadows, scrub land and buildings.
Agriculture and land-use
Our work with government helps develop agricultural policies that support the vital work that nature needs farmers to do.
Hope Farm
EU LIFE+ Farmland bird project
The EU LIFE+ Programme supported our Farmland Bird Project, enabling us to provide free bird surveys, an annual wildlife-friendly farming competition and free practical advice for farmers from specialist experts in their own area.
Find out more about the project and how it’s helped us shape the new advice and support tools we have available for farmers.
Our work with farmers was kindly sponsored by the EU LIFE+ fund between January 2010 and September 2013, safeguarding the future of our farmland birds under the EU Birds Directive.
Nature of Farming Award
Our farming blog
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Seeds of success: Working together in East County Down
Guest blog by Seán Woods, RSPB NI’s east County Down Conservation Advisor working with over 70 farmers and landowners in and around Strangford Lough in County Down, Northern Ireland. Image: (c) Claire Barnett, RSPB The east County Down landscape is h...
Posted 06/11/2018 by Kathryn Smith -
The Butterflies and the Bees - Hope Farm 2018
Sophie Mott, Research intern at Hope Farm, provides the 2018 results of the butterfly and bee monitoring season. As you may have seen in an earlier post, the extreme weather of spring and summer 2018 meant a tough year for farmers and wildlife alike,...
Posted 01/11/2018 by Kathryn Smith -
A helping hand for curlews in the South West
Richard Archer, Senior Conservation Officer, explains more about protecting breeding curlews on the Somerset Levels The national decline in breeding curlews has been well publicised, especially on the upland moors, where most of the breeding pairs ar...
Posted 31/10/2018 by Kathryn Smith -
Agriculture Bill – things are about to get real
Tom Lancaster, Principal Policy Officer, provides an update on the Agriculture Bill This week, the Government’s new Agriculture Bill will get its second reading in the Commons. As the first opportunity for MPs to debate the Bill, and all that it mean...
Posted 09/10/2018 by Kathryn Smith
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