I am shortly going to become a pensioner and will have some money saved up and plenty of time!
My plan is to buy some land , approximately 4 acres and enhance, if it is already there or restore if it is not, the natural habitat. The little bit of reading I have done indicates I need to be careful in what I do and since I have no environmental experience I will take advice. I do have a science background so will plan to survey as well as monitor. At least in the early years my focus will be on vegetation and insects. My ideal( I think) would be chalk land but it will be dictated by closeness to home and price.
I know from the bit of lurking I have done on this forum that there are lots of knowledgable people here.
What would you do in these circumstances?
What land would you look for?size, location
What pitfalls do you see?
Am I a naive idiot
Be as brutal as you like!
I could of course get an allotment but I suspect hawthorn hedges buttercups and thistles wouldn't go down well.