Farmer and Landowner Workshops completed

Our three workshops for farmers, landowners, land managers and foresters have been completed.

Below is a map of where representatives at the workshops managed land across Berkshire

We saw representatives from the following sectors:

Central Berkshire - (29 attendees)

• Parish council representatives
• Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust Representatives
• Ecologists– Reading Borough Council
• Farmers/Landowners x 5
• BioCap
• Forestry Commission
• University of Reading – agro-environment group x3
• Farmer cluster facilitator
• Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead officers – Natural Environment Team and Equalities and Diversity team
• Berkshire College of Agriculture
• Atomic Weapons Establishment ecologist

East Berkshire - (48 attendees)

• Ecologists Slough Borough Council and Bracknell Council
• National Trust x2
• NFU advisor
• CPRE representative
• Landowners x 19
• Farmers x11
• Biocap
• Imperial College – Silwood Campus
• Windsor and Maidenhead Council officers - Natural Environment Team
• Windsor and Maidenhead Councillor
• Wildlife in Ascot community group
• Wild Eton Wick community group
• South East Water
• Crown Estate
• Berkshire College of Agriculture

West Berkshire - (60 attendees)

• Sheepdrove Estate landowner
• Englefield Estate representative
• Yattendon Estate representative
• Other landowners x 25
• Farmers x 20
• Farmer cluster representatives x 2
• Berkshire Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust
• Ecologists – West Berkshire, Wokingham and Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
• Chilterns National Landscapes Representative
• Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead council officers – Natural Environment Team
• Savills land manager – forestry representative
• BioCap
• Local colleges
• Farming and Advisory Wildlife Group representative
• Countryside Land Advisory Group representative
• Atomic Weapons Establishment representative x 2
• OF&G organic certification representative

At the workshops participants heard presentations about our Berkshire LNRS, about natural capital opportunities, and about land managed for nature in their area of the county. They also undertook three activities: relating to their vision for nature in Berkshire, their priorities for habitats across the county, and their thoughts for opportunities for land parcels for nature recovery in their areas of Berkshire. This information will help inform our description of Berkshire, and our opportunities for nature recovery map as part of our Berkshire LNRS. Thanks to everyone that took part!