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RSPB Hope Farm

@RSPBHopeFarm

Striving to demonstrate, research, and encourage nature- and climate-friendly farming on a heavy clayland farm in South Cambs. Follow the team on our journey.

Great to be here in the sunshine (and showers) the Agroforestry Show with @SaveTurtleDoves @SophieMott93 was talking about agroforestry and nature at 12, and we're here all day and tomorrow @SoilAssociation

RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. Great to be here in the sunshine (and showers) the Agroforestry Show with @SaveTurtleDoves 
@SophieMott93 was talking about agroforestry and nature at 12, and we're here all day and tomorrow
@SoilAssociation

It was great to see a passage Spotted Flycatcher on the farm this week! @CambsBirdClub

RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. It was great to see a passage Spotted Flycatcher on the farm this week! @CambsBirdClub

An exciting find here this week was Callicera spinolae, the Golden Hoverfly! This is a rare Ivy specialist restricted to East Anglia so we had been hoping it might turn up. Ivy is so important for pollinators at this time of year @StevenFalk1 @FarmWildlifeUK

RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. An exciting find here this week was Callicera spinolae, the Golden Hoverfly! This is a rare Ivy specialist restricted to East Anglia so we had been hoping it might turn up. Ivy is so important for pollinators at this time of year @StevenFalk1 @FarmWildlifeUK

Digging holes again this autumn to keep on top of soil monitoring and track progress. So varied across fields but some signs of life coming back after a bit of rain! #fungi #symbiosis #soillife @soilmentor

RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. Digging holes again this autumn to keep on top of soil monitoring and track progress. So varied across fields but some signs of life coming back after a bit of rain!
#fungi #symbiosis #soillife @soilmentor

I think this is Abia nitens, an impressive sawfly that feeds on scabious. One of the many benefits of a "weedy" yard! sawflies.org.uk/abia-sericea/

RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. I think this is Abia nitens, an impressive sawfly that feeds on scabious. One of the many benefits of a "weedy" yard! sawflies.org.uk/abia-sericea/
RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. I think this is Abia nitens, an impressive sawfly that feeds on scabious. One of the many benefits of a "weedy" yard! sawflies.org.uk/abia-sericea/

After talking about never having moisture to grow cover crops in our part of the world, we now have covers in and romping away in this weather. Rain could have come earlier but not complaining now! Not a bad year to make the most of the solar panel in the sky @OakbankGame

RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. After talking about never having moisture to grow cover crops in our part of the world, we now have covers in and romping away in this weather. Rain could have come earlier but not complaining now!

Not a bad year to make the most of the solar panel in the sky @OakbankGame

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Our first Farm Tour Saturday was a success! You can read the blog here: elynffarming.wordpress.com/2025/07/31/a-s… 👀 Thank you to everyone that made this possible! Here's to 2026 🚜 @FarmWildlifeUK @SaveTurtleDoves @RSPBEngland @RSPBHopeFarm

Want to learn about #naturefriendlyfarming and #cows? Well, one of our farms is opening up for farm tours TOMORROW! Today is your last chance to book onto a tour and we still have some spaces left 🚜 See you there! 👋 @FarmWildlifeUK @RSPBEngland @SaveTurtleDoves



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BIG NEWS: For the first time in six years, Britain's rarest breeding bird has successfully nested in the UK! A pair of Montagu's Harriers have raised four healthy chicks, all of which have taken their first flights.


30/07/25 - That's a wrap on harvest 25 🤯I think must be in the record for one of the earliest finishes we've had?

RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. 30/07/25 - That's a wrap on harvest 25 🤯I think must be in the record for one of the earliest finishes we've had?
RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. 30/07/25 - That's a wrap on harvest 25 🤯I think must be in the record for one of the earliest finishes we've had?

The field margins are still going strong here! Melitta leporina (a clover-loving solitary bee) and its brood parasite Nomada flavopicta have been found using them this summer 🐝

RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. The field margins are still going strong here! Melitta leporina (a clover-loving solitary bee) and its brood parasite Nomada flavopicta have been found using them this summer 🐝
RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. The field margins are still going strong here! Melitta leporina (a clover-loving solitary bee) and its brood parasite Nomada flavopicta have been found using them this summer 🐝
RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. The field margins are still going strong here! Melitta leporina (a clover-loving solitary bee) and its brood parasite Nomada flavopicta have been found using them this summer 🐝

Harvest paused for a few days thanks to some much needed rain... Meanwhile we enjoyed a wonderful summers evening with the Cambridge Bird Club walking around the farm. Nice spots of grey partridge, yellowhammer and kestrel too. Thanks @Duerdenc1 !

RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. Harvest paused for a few days thanks to some much needed rain... Meanwhile we enjoyed a wonderful summers evening with the Cambridge Bird Club walking around the farm. Nice spots of grey partridge, yellowhammer and kestrel too.
Thanks @Duerdenc1 !

The cows are just as interested in @Boggy_on_Trent 's bird walk as the people at @Groundswellaguk Join us at 6am tomorrow for our second bird walk at the show @FarmWildlifeUK @Natures_Voice

RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. The cows are just as interested in @Boggy_on_Trent 's bird walk as the people at @Groundswellaguk 
Join us at 6am tomorrow for our second bird walk at the show @FarmWildlifeUK @Natures_Voice

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For the final day of #30DaysWild, a male Linnet This has been one of the winners at @RSPBHopeFarm, a place that proves productive farming and nature recovery can be achieved in tandem; for a review of changes during the RSPB's first 25 years there, see britishwildlife.com/article/articl…

britwildlife's tweet image. For the final day of #30DaysWild, a male Linnet

This has been one of the winners at @RSPBHopeFarm, a place that proves productive farming and nature recovery can be achieved in tandem; for a review of changes during the RSPB's first 25 years there, see britishwildlife.com/article/articl…

Check out this month's British Wildlife for a summary of our monitoring efforts over the last 25 years!

Our June issue is out! Topics include the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, 25 years of RSPB Hope Farm, 50 years of bat legislation in Britain, the Munsary Peatlands and Pine Martens in the New Forest. For more see britishwildlife.com/back-issues/br…

britwildlife's tweet image. Our June issue is out! Topics include the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, 25 years of RSPB Hope Farm, 50 years of bat legislation in Britain, the Munsary Peatlands and Pine Martens in the New Forest.    

For more see britishwildlife.com/back-issues/br…


Anyone else worried about winter bird seed mixes with no rain??? 😬


Worth putting the trap out last night! 16 Elephant Hawk moths, 7 Small Elephant Hawk, as well as a Lime, and a Privet Hawk and many others too 😍

RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. Worth putting the trap out last night! 16 Elephant Hawk moths, 7 Small Elephant Hawk, as well as a Lime, and a Privet Hawk and many others too 😍

It's a warm night tonight, so good opportunity to stick the moth trap out before our visit with @SaveTurtleDoves tomorrow!

RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. It's a warm night tonight, so good opportunity to stick the moth trap out before our visit with @SaveTurtleDoves tomorrow!

Still coming down from the high that is another amazing @OpenFarmSunday. Welcoming ~950 people onto the farm & seeing them so enthused & inspired by nature friendly farming is truly the best day of the year. HUGE thanks to all involved to pull it off!

RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. Still coming down from the high that is another amazing @OpenFarmSunday. Welcoming ~950 people onto the farm & seeing them so enthused & inspired by nature friendly farming is truly the best day of the year. HUGE thanks to all involved to pull it off!
RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. Still coming down from the high that is another amazing @OpenFarmSunday. Welcoming ~950 people onto the farm & seeing them so enthused & inspired by nature friendly farming is truly the best day of the year. HUGE thanks to all involved to pull it off!
RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. Still coming down from the high that is another amazing @OpenFarmSunday. Welcoming ~950 people onto the farm & seeing them so enthused & inspired by nature friendly farming is truly the best day of the year. HUGE thanks to all involved to pull it off!
RSPBHopeFarm's tweet image. Still coming down from the high that is another amazing @OpenFarmSunday. Welcoming ~950 people onto the farm & seeing them so enthused & inspired by nature friendly farming is truly the best day of the year. HUGE thanks to all involved to pull it off!

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