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The history of the Downs, and the way it looks today, is inextricably linked with the history of farming. It is a place marked by centuries of cultivation without which we would not have our patchwork pattern of fields, sweeping chalk grassland and extensive network of field boundaries.

South Downs Farmland Bird Initiative

April 04, 2025

SDFBI celebrates 10 years!

Starting in 2014, the South Downs Farmland Bird Initiative (SDFBI) has been annually surveying farmland bird numbers across more ...

South Downs Farmland Bird Initiative

October 07, 2020

A review of the SDFBI farmland bird surveys on the South Downs

The South Downs Farmland Bird Initiative (SDFBI) has been undertaking surveys on farmland across the South Downs National Park ...

South Downs Farmland Bird Initiative

April 01, 2020

South Downs Farmland Bird Initiative 2019 results

Since 2014 a survey has been running across the South Downs National Park to track numbers of priority farmland ...