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The Habitat Aid blog is set in Somerset. The blog tries to introduce some of the issues surrounding our natural environment as understood by a non ecologist. You’ll also find some practical “how to” guides. It’s written by Nick Mann, who runs Habitat Aid. Nick is an increasingly curmudgeonly bald middle-aged bloke of familiar type.

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Farming in the Brave New World
January 10, 2022
A Revolution in UK Farming? Sadly the Oxford Farming Conference this year was virtual, which was a great shame. Not least because I was looking for...
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The Top Ten Flowers For Bees
January 9, 2022
I used to be guilty of blithely writing top ten lists like this. For many, bees tend to be shorthand for pollinators generally, so you might think ...
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Hedge Laying and Culture Wars
December 20, 2021
Regular readers of this nonsense will know I'm a big fan of not just hedges, but also hedge laying. The National Hedgelaying Society is one of the ...
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The Sustainable Farming Incentive Scheme
December 3, 2021
I'm not by nature a curmudgeonly old cynic, I promise, but I'm getting pretty provoked. I was excited in 2018 listening to Michael Gove talking ab...
- biodiversity
- farming
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No Time For Party Politics
November 9, 2021
The Environment Bill is in the very last stages of a long and painful labour. Its final amendments - including on the independence of the new envir...
- biodiversity
- Climate change
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Kicking Up a Stink
October 27, 2021
Back in May I wrote a blog about 7 causes we could all get behind, which I thought were relatively easy wins. One of them was cleaning up our river...
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Floodplain Meadows
October 16, 2021
Floodplain meadows are a fascinating, ancient and hugely useful landscape feature. Why don't we value them more?
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It's Up To Us
September 15, 2021
We shouldn't wait for government - we need to sort this mess out ourselves.
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A Little Knowledge...
August 11, 2021
We need more experts.
- biodiversity
- fruit trees
- Habitat Aid Ltd.
- hedges
- meadows
- nature
- orchards
- Rewilding
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Dishwashers and Climate Change
July 27, 2021
It's a critical time as we build up to the COP26 summit in Glasgow and the world looks to the UK as hosts to set a world beating example in terms o...
- Climate change
- COP26
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Green Roof Update
July 22, 2021
There's a good reason we don't have stairs up to our green roof. It's one of my happy places - if I didn't have to drag my ladder out of the garage...
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Barn Owls - A Story Of Our Times
July 3, 2021
A rare venture into the world of charismatic megafauna! Experiences of the lovely barn owl.
- biodiversity
- birds
- Climate change
- farming
- gardens
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