by Verity White
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15 June 2022
Monitoring Beetles and Spiders at Sheepdrove Organic Farm. Beetles and spiders are perfect indicators of environmental change - according to naturalist Stuart Corbett. He's taking baseline surveys of these predators on a rewilding site at Sheepdrove Organic Farm - it'll be interesting to compare the changes in these invertebrate populations with the changes in soil greenhouse gas emissions and general soil health and enzyme activity. Above are some samples of Stuart Corbett's pit fall traps - which were supposed to be for beetles and spiders! Trap 8 contained one hundred and thirty four slugs. And now we know why it's called Slug Field! #carbonsequestration #soilhealth #biodiversity #rewilding #farmingforthefutur e