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Welcome to Abbey Farm

For over 30 years we have been attempting to conserve wildlife on our farm while producing crops and livestock.

This website is about our experiences during that time. We welcome your feedback.

It also describes the farm, tells you how to visit us and outlines the consultancy and other services or goods we offer.

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Millet
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Green manure
Corn Gromwell
Livestock
The business
Landscape
Environmental Management
Preventing soil erosion
Minmising soil erosion by wind
Minimising soil erosion by water
Cross compliance
Protecting water resources
Soil organic matter
Carbon footprint
Recycling
Soils
Wildlife
Wildlife conservation
The arable landscape
Over-winter stubbles
Skylark plots
Conservation headlands
Spring cropping & ground nesting birds
Millet
Wintering birds on arable land
Arable field margins
Rare arable weeds
Cultivating grass margins for arable weeds
Corn Gromwell
Beetle banks
Crop and habitat diversity
Birds
Pink-footed Geese
Linnet
Grey Partridge
Lapwing
Turtle Dove
Creating flower-rich dry grassland
Species – and flower rich
Creating chalk grassland - how rich is 'flower-rich'
Giving plants a stronger foothold
Insects of dry grassland
Stewardship funding of local origin seed mixes
Soil organic matter and erosion
Soils and topography
Making a diverse local origin seed mix
Introduction and advice
Which species
Where we collect seed
Collecting guidelines
Handling and storing seed
Knowing what you've got
Getting the mix ready for sowing
Establishment methods
Ongoing management
Small-scale habitat diversity
Hedges
Rotational trimming
Coppicing
Gapping up
Creating green lanes
Laying hedges
Wetlands
Springs
Ponds
Pond types
Return of the pondweeds
Chalk streams
Wet grassland
Consultancy
Buying organic produce
Contact us
Visit us
Conservation volunteering
Farm & wildlife day
Other farm walks
Public access grassland
The bird hide
The Open Day

Abbey Farm News

  • Long-winded Conehead
ejc@abbeyfarm.co.uk 2018-05-17T22:20:50+00:00

1st July 2018 – Farm & Wildlife Day

Sunday 1st July 2018 - visit the wildflower grasslands, wetlands and farmland at Abbey Farm. More details [...]

  • Stonewort (Chara)
ejc@abbeyfarm.co.uk 2016-10-24T15:35:57+00:00

Return of the pondweeds

Four pondweeds have been rediscovered at Abbey Farm in ponds that have generally supported no [...]

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