Newark Showground, Presidents Suite, Lincoln Road, Newark-on-Trent, Notts, NG24 2NY

Natural England would like to thank you for the support you have given to managing and protecting the countryside through Environmental Stewardship.

We hope that you will consider applying for Mid Tier Countryside Stewardship this year.

Mid Tier Countryside Stewardship is different from ELS, some elements are competitively scored whereas the ‘Offers for Wildlife’ packages are simpler to apply for and are non-competitive.  These 4 offers consist of land management options specifically designed for either arable, lowland grassland, mixed farming or upland farms.

The Mid Tier application window is now open and closes on 31st July 2018. Successful applications will start on 1st January 2019.

If you are thinking of applying for Mid Tier Countryside Stewardship this year, these events will be of interest.  They will cover how the scheme works, who is eligible and what the environmental priorities are in your local area.

For a full list of events please go to www.gov.uk/countrysidestewardship

Location: Allerton Project, Loddington, Leicestershire

Price: £145

To book your place please call 01572 718730

A day run by the GWCT Advisory Team covering important aspects of woodland management including:

• Preparing the land for planting – preparation of a woodland planting site and possible seed mixes that may be planted prior to woodland establishment.
• Woodland planting and establishment – things to consider, species, structure and planting tips.
• Woodland Management, habitat and controlling deer and grey squirrels.
• Managing woods to maximise the benefit for game and wildlife.
• Sustainable gamebird management in woodlands.
• Grants and Permissions – Countryside Stewardship Grants and how to apply. What licences and permissions are needed and when?
• Woodland Walk – This will take place in maturing plantation woodland, new plantings and semi–natural ancient woodland.

Includes lunch and refreshments.

For more information or to book, please contact Amelia Woolford at [email protected] or 01572 718730.

Currently within the UK and within the European research community, there is considerable expertise in soil biology including specialists who would otherwise call themselves soil scientists, ecologists, taxonomists, agronomists, microbiologists, entomologists and even farmers. Furthermore, recent advances in genetic and other biochemical techniques now provide new ways to explore and characterise soil communities, and are beginning to reveal the true complexity, and functional importance, of the below-ground ecological interactions driven by soil biology.

Location:

Whitelands College

University of Roehampton

Roehampton Lane

London SW15 5PJ

More information here.