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You might find that one of the county-based Wildlife Trusts has a hitlist of fields they would like to own, [or failing that manage (mainly)] for wildlife, adjacent to one of their reserves.
As stated above the 'field' designation is only a temporary status that requires significant resource to prevent it becoming:
1) scrub bound as bramble spreads from hedgerows,
2) a dock-filled wasteland from horsiculture, (over grazing from too many horses/ponies),
3) overrun with Ragwort,
4) turned into a flytippers paradise, as cordless angle grinders are ubiquitous and will cut through gate hinges if toughened bolts/padlocks put up too much resistance.
Having someone else take on the responsibility for maintaining boundaries, footpath access etc would be invaluable.
There is also now the possibility to earn an offsetting income from developers who cannot deliver Biodiversity Net Gain at their actual development site.