The Farmers Mart Aug/Sep 2015 - Issue 41 | Page 50

Low Stonehills Farm
The family love to go on
walks and because it is a mixed
farm they have a lot of wildlife,
currently you will be able to see
- and they actively encourage
- grey partridge, corn buntings,
lapwings, reed buntings,
skylarks, yellow wagtails,
yellowhammers, tree sparrows
– some of which species are
now seriously endangered.
Geoff certainly knows and
cares about, the birds on his
land. They also have several
buzzards that help keep the
local rabbit population under
control.

‘Geoff is a very
keen ambassador
for farming and is
always looking to
inform and educate
the public at every
opportunity’

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INSPIRATION FROM RSPB
Geoff speaks highly of Chris
Thompson from the RSPB,
whom he says “has been
an inspiration as he really
understands the countryside
and wildlife and how it can fit in
with farming in a practical way.”
They have 10 hectares of
specific grass and wild flowers,
leave 10 hectares for summer
fallow which is ideal for the
lapwings, stubble turnips are
grown for the sheep (again,
wildlife love this for both shelter
and pickings) and clover leys
pasture for sheep grazing.
A KEEN AMBASSADOR
As well as working on
the harmony between farm
and countryside, Geoff is a
very keen ambassador for
farming and is always looking
to inform and educate the
public at eve