Our "Farm Habitat Management Guidelines" are now available in hardcopy, to receive please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The BRIDE Project, Castlelyons, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland. Postage: Ireland-€3.40 UK & Europe-€5.40. No cost for book. #farmingwithnature

The BRIDE Project final report based on the learnings from the project over the last 6 years is now available to download from the following link https://t.co/AbHDlAfv8Q. It contains learnings, tips and policy recommendations on all things farmland biodiversity improvement. Enjoy

Well done to @nagletony, @AlanMc_23 and @BirdWatchIE on winning the "Outstanding Individual" at the annual @EnvironForum awards last week. Years of effort and awareness raising in restoring Barn Owl numbers in Cork finally reaps rewards. Turning a corner for wildlife conservation

Gas Networks Ireland received best in Public Sector Award this week for improving biodiversity and changing management practices at their station in the Bride valley. Castlelyons community benefitted also (€1400) through the sale of woodchips from the project. Industry leaders

He had a true passion for nature and appreciated its value. Rest in peace, Michael. Your legacy lives on.

Delighted that the BRIDE Project farmers feature in this lovely series based on pioneering farmers around the country going above and beyond for nature. Listen to how nature, soil and ways of life are protected and nurtured. Wed. night at 8.30 for 4 weeks - thanks to @TG4TV

📣Calling All Farmers – We Want to Hear From You! Fill in our survey focusing on the knowledge and communication needs of farmers here: https://t.co/FivxC6fCeU #capnetworkireland #farmersurvey #akis

We donated a Barnowl box to the national schools in the Bride valley during the spring. Amazingly one was taken up immediately. Lovely to see up to 40 children and teachers get a very hands-on insight into Barn Owls and their conservation. Thanks @AlanMc_23 @Corkcoco @BirdWatchIE

The dead, orange look, left by the use of Glyphosate spray along our field margins and roadsides is widespread. Try to change your mindset and help to improve pollinator habitat. Solutions are there - change from chemical to mechanical and be an agent green rather than orange!

This is what future dairy farmers will sound like - a farmer unashamedly telling a story of positive changes that benefit the environment and the farming family. Delivering a dairy product that the public should appreciate. Well done, Gearóid.

Positive signs of change! Well done to @GasNetIrl on their biodiversity improvement plan in their Bride valley site. Over 300 mixed native hedgerow plants, 60 native trees, pond, wildflower meadow, log piles, etc. This replaces 20 non-native Cypress trees and manicured management

Inspirational projects from across Europe at this event and delighted to have been part of it. Farmers finding solutions to farmers problems with the help of research and other actors. The success of the bottom-up approach needs to continue - small projects can make huge changes

We're very fortunate to have been nominated for an EIP Agri-innovation award in Portugal next May. We would really appreciate your vote (link below). We are one of 30 EIP's across Europe, all pioneering ways to a better agri-environmental future for us all

Nice to look back at this Aug 2018 feature on Ear to the Ground. Improvements have been made and we did what we set out to do. Farmers get the importance of biodiversity. Lack of incentives and encouragement from the wider industry still an issue, though.

Wildflower meadow last summer and same field this week after being sprayed with glyphosate. This reflects the present insatiable, ruthless demand for land and its uses. Small farmers and nature have become a casualty of an unsustainable farming system that has lost its values.

Delighted to leave a legacy barn owl box for @CastlelyonsNS and for all the schools in the Bride valley. Fingers crossed they will be occupied in the coming few years.

Delighted to be part of this event. This is the story of 43 farmers getting rewarded for pioneering changes in their farming system. Over €1.2m given out in the Bride valley and its hinterland while delivering multiple environmental benefits based on verified improvements.

Nurturing Nature: Under the leadership of the 🇪🇺 EU-funded @bride_project, 48 Cork farms 🚜 are leading the charge in restoring biodiversity & scaling back intensive farming practices across the county. Learn more👉 https://t.co/FX3yGmN4Oq @corkcitycouncil @Corkcoco #EUforCork

We are delighted to gift a Barn Owl nestbox to each of the 11 national schools in the Bride valley as a parting legacy & to help raise awareness. In association with @BirdWatchIE they will be erected in a suitable location near each school. Incl. are teachers, pupils and parents

Despite Citizens Assemblies, Threat Response Plans, Nature Restoration Laws, Green Deals etc. etc. this beautiful species is disappearing before our eyes. It's also the only species that was lost in the BRIDE Projects 6 year term from 2018-2023. Surveyed in 2018 but gone in 2023

From little acorns... As the project concludes, each of the 43 BRIDE farmers have been given a native Irish oak tree and a BWI calendar. Small token in recognition of their participation and effort into improving biodiversity in the Bride valley area of East Cork & West Waterford