Hares, hedgerows and down on Hosford’s farm

Rewilding Wild Woodbury – Dorset Wildlife Trust’s project records more than 1,100 species in its first year Wildlife writer Jane Adams goes in search of mysterious hares in Dorset churches which may have originated in Buddhist China Hedgerows have inexplicably been left out of the climate change action plan, says Rupert Hardy, chairman of North Dorset CPRE A recent case of animal neglect on a Dorset farm has highlighted red flags with the Red Tractor accreditation systems, says Andrew Livingston Alarmingly, bird flu is on the rise – new laws apply to backyard poultry keepers too, says NFU county advisor Gemma Harvey Farmer George Hosford discusses the latest news on ELMS, crosses his fingers on the new oilseed rape, and says goodbye to two old friends