FarmingWithNature-BRIDE Project

Our "Farm Habitat Management Guidelines" are now available in hardcopy, to receive please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The BRIDE Project, Castlelyons, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland. Postage: Ireland-€3.40 UK & Europe-€5.40. No cost for book. #farmingwithnature

The BRIDE Project final report based on the learnings from the project over the last 6 years is now available to download from the following link thebrideproject.ie/end-of-project…. It contains learnings, tips and policy recommendations on all things farmland biodiversity improvement. Enjoy

Well done to @nagletony, @AlanMc_23 and @BirdWatchIE on winning the "Outstanding Individual" at the annual @EnvironForum awards last week. Years of effort and awareness raising in restoring Barn Owl numbers in Cork finally reaps rewards. Turning a corner for wildlife conservation

Gas Networks Ireland received best in Public Sector Award this week for improving biodiversity and changing management practices at their station in the Bride valley. Castlelyons community benefitted also (€1400) through the sale of woodchips from the project. Industry leaders

@BSBIbotany @Ol_LynchEco Well done, Olly. Great achievement

Huge congrats to @Ol_LynchEco whose MSc is in the bag! Olly is one of our amazing #BSBICountyRecorders - his patch is Co. Limerick bsbi.org/limerick 3 cheers for Olly!

He had a true passion for nature and appreciated its value. Rest in peace, Michael. Your legacy lives on.

@EricTheBirdman Unbelievable!

Pink-barred Sallow…a master of camouflage…

@TeagascEnviron @teagasc @TeagascSignpost @teagascforestry @IFAmedia @Dept_ECC @agriculture_ie @EPAIreland @DairyIndustryIE @TeagascBeef @TeagascGrass10 Why just thorn trees? The photo shows everything else gone and hedge severely topped. This mixed message makes it difficult for contractors, complicated for farmers and damages overall biodiversity. Let hedgerows mature as nature intended.

@SeedsEco @phoebeob1 @GrasslandsIrl @NPWSIreland @Ol_LynchEco @Notice_Nature @PollinatorPlan @MornaMcDowall @doneraileOPW @LAScott1966 Interesting article. You can see how wild flowers were becoming competition for pasture or vice versa. Start of intensification, and 2 years later the Noxious Weeds Act came in. Pollinators probably in decline since.

@phoebeob1 @GrasslandsIrl @NPWSIreland @Ol_LynchEco @Notice_Nature @PollinatorPlan @MornaMcDowall @doneraileOPW @LAScott1966 @bride_project I would also suggest rolling so seed makes good contact with the soil. If you have much grass sow 1.5 grams per m2 and less grass go to 0.5g per m2. Found this from farmers weekly 1934!

Here are a few words on the fabulous #YellowRattle #MeadowMaker #RhinanthusMinor #GrasslandRestoration @NPWSIreland @phoebeob1 @Ol_LynchEco @Notice_Nature @PollinatorPlan @MornaMcDowall @doneraileOPW @LAScott1966 @bride_project

Delighted that the BRIDE Project farmers feature in this lovely series based on pioneering farmers around the country going above and beyond for nature. Listen to how nature, soil and ways of life are protected and nurtured. Wed. night at 8.30 for 4 weeks - thanks to @TG4TV

📣Calling All Farmers – We Want to Hear From You! Fill in our survey focusing on the knowledge and communication needs of farmers here: capnetworkireland.eu/calling-all-fa… #capnetworkireland #farmersurvey #akis

We donated a Barnowl box to the national schools in the Bride valley during the spring. Amazingly one was taken up immediately. Lovely to see up to 40 children and teachers get a very hands-on insight into Barn Owls and their conservation. Thanks @AlanMc_23 @Corkcoco @BirdWatchIE

The dead, orange look, left by the use of Glyphosate spray along our field margins and roadsides is widespread. Try to change your mindset and help to improve pollinator habitat. Solutions are there - change from chemical to mechanical and be an agent green rather than orange!

This is what future dairy farmers will sound like - a farmer unashamedly telling a story of positive changes that benefit the environment and the farming family. Delivering a dairy product that the public should appreciate. Well done, Gearóid.

@CastlelyonsNS @Corkcoco @ClyonsParish @BioInSchools Well done @CastlelyonsNS - that garden is a credit to ye, so much work and care gone into it.

Thrilled to bring home a Gold Medal today for our School Garden😀🥳#greeningcorkcounty @Corkcoco @bride_project @ClyonsParish @BioInSchools #natureheroes

@EdwardTreanor Put a 2m electric fence out from the base and leave it to nature. Why the focus on thickening the hedge, you have a lot of different plant species because of the natural gappyness. Leaving the other hedges mature and adding the same 2m will create huge improvements. Don't lay.

Bought a block of land late last year in the middle of my milking platform. Any tips how to get this hedge thickened up like my own? I mulched it back last October it was way over grown.

Positive signs of change! Well done to @GasNetIrl on their biodiversity improvement plan in their Bride valley site. Over 300 mixed native hedgerow plants, 60 native trees, pond, wildflower meadow, log piles, etc. This replaces 20 non-native Cypress trees and manicured management

Inspirational projects from across Europe at this event and delighted to have been part of it. Farmers finding solutions to farmers problems with the help of research and other actors. The success of the bottom-up approach needs to continue - small projects can make huge changes

@hometree__ Huge congrats to @hometree__ and in particular to @rayofoghlu and team. Well deserved. 👏👏 #eucapnetwork

@MaryBroph Thanks Mary

@hometree__ @WAN_LIFEIP Thanks Ray - best of luck. Up the EIP'S!