Spains Hall Estate

07/11/2025

🐞Two BNG Gain Sites registered 🌳 BNG Units available now in Braintree & NCA 86 - South Suffolk & North Essex.
Email for a quote today [email protected] - https://mailchi.mp/12f4940391ee/bnggainsites-registerebngunitsavailable

22/09/2025

Happy Autumn Equinox! 🍁🍄

Today marks the first day of autumn and here at Spains Hall Estate we are looking back on the past season.
It has been a summer of watering our agroforestry nut trees, the introduction of livestock on the estate, mowing our countryside stewardship areas and also the arrival of beaver kits! 🌳🐮🌾🦫

Here are some great snapshots capturing daily life on the estate taken by William Ruggles-Brise. 📸

22/08/2025

April 2025 saw the most sunshine in the UK since records began 115 years ago and our current summer is looking to be one of the warmest on record.

With our beavers busily damming they have retained water in pools, providing themselves with protection and habitat that supports a wide variety of other wildlife during our drier summers.

Over in Northern America, beaver ponds and canals have been proving to act as safe havens for wildlife during wildfires as well as protecting ecosystems from the aftermath of a blaze by capturing ash debris and shielding downstream fish and drinking water.

Further downstream from our beaver’s dams, Tim Gardiner and Emily Crisp have found that the wet mud of the now dry brook makes great habitat for Groundhoppers! Find more reading on Tim and Emily’s findings in their recent paper: https://lnkd.in/eNKHHwtG

Could beavers become part of a fire-mitigation strategy as well as being the ecological saviours that they already are? 🦫

11/08/2025

Butterflies in abundance! 🦋

The Painted Lady, a reminder that even natures smallest creatures can travel the farthest.
Each year migrating from the deserts of North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia they recolonise mainland Europe, reaching Britain and Ireland.

Among Painted Ladies we have also sighted Purple Emperors which are the estate’s first ever recorded! 🦋

📸 Photography by: Daisy Reid

11/07/2025

Beaver news! 🦫 🌿

Our first sighting of kits this year during a dawn hide session in one of our three beaver enclosures on the estate. Our beavers have been busy doing what they do best, continuing to build habitat for a myriad of other species and mitigate flood risk.

If you'd like to come along and learn more about their habitat and have a chance at seeing the beavers at work, head over to the booking page via our website and we'll see you at dusk or dawn!

https://spainshallpartnership.checkfront.co.uk/reserve/

📸 Photography by: Simon Hurwitz

20/06/2025

Happy solstice from Spains Hall Estate 🌞

On the longest day of the year take a look at all of the abundance captured on the estate during spring. Plants are photosynthesizing at full force, flowers are in bloom and there is a lot of buzzing! 🌱🌼🐝

📸 Photos taken by Sarah Brockless (head of conservation), Daisy Reid (estate worker) and Andy Goodey who surveyed one of our ancient woodlands.

27/12/2024

**Senior Estate Worker**

Just over 2 weeks left to apply. Please share!

Please send your current CV and a covering email or letter to [email protected] by 12pm 10th January 2025. Candidates will be invited to meet for an interview and brief estate tour week commencing 13th January 2025.

Find out more about the team you'd be joining. https://www.spainshallestate.co.uk/our-team

Click here to download the full job description. https://www.spainshallestate.co.uk/jobs

11/12/2024

🚨We are hiring - join our team! 🚨

Senior Estate Worker
Full Time, Permanent.
Salary Range: £14.66-18.33 per hour (dependent on experience)
(FTE for 37.5hr week £28.595 – £35,744)
Closing date for applications: 12pm 10th January 2025
Full Job description available on our website https://www.spainshallestate.co.uk/jobs

10/12/2024

🐦🌻🌳🐞 Wildlife warblings 🐦🌻🌳🐞 - https://mailchi.mp/c0ecd55b2c0f/beavers-and-17th-century-map-makers-share-incredible-abilities

More wonderful insights from Ecologist Sarah Brockless. Read the full article on our website news section (https://www.spainshallestate.co.uk/beavers-and-17th-century-map-makers-share-incredible-abilities).

Here are some snippets!

"...I always feel like a detective when exploring land, looking for clues both past and present."

12/10/2024

New season venison now available🍲🥩
Buy online now: https://www.spainshallestate.co.uk/wild-venison-store/
- Fillets
- Loins - large ones perfect for that special occasion, or even to portion, cook or freeze, to your exact specifications!
- Roasting joints
- Mince & diced packs

Wild Venison Essex SUstainable Woodland Management Healthy

03/09/2024

Huge thanks to Radio 4’s Farming Today for visiting to talk BNG on the estate with District Council. All part of their focus on Green Finance this week.

Catch up here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qj8q

30/08/2024

🦫 Beaver newsflash 📰 - https://mailchi.mp/e2eab46bf5bc/beavers-books-bng-18242269

The BBC returned to the estate this week to chat to our ecologist, Sarah, about our beavers and calls for the government to decide on a policy for wild releases.