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- Flower-rich habitats
- Hedgehogs
- Hedges
- Mountain, hill and moorland
- Permanent wildflower margins and corners
- Rotational legume and herb-rich swards
- Rotational legume and herb-rich swards
- Scrub
- Seed-rich habitats
- Sown pollinator areas
- Trees
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- Wet features
- Wildflower-rich grassland creation
- Wildflower-rich grassland restoration
- Wildflower-rich meadows
- Wildflower-rich pastures
- Woodland
Case study: Reversion of arable land to lowland chalk grassland
Author: Lynne Roberts: The RSPB’s Manor Farm, Newton Tony, Wiltshire Aims and setting Chalk grassland is one of the richest landscapes for wildlife in the UK and is a habitat...
Case Study: Managing hedges on an extended rotation – Using an excavator mounted finger bar and tree shear
Author: Fraser Hugill: Throstle Nest Farm, Sproxton, North Yorkshire The Management Challenge In recent years I have taken over the management of the family farm. The farm business consists of...
Case Study: Carabid beetles for natural-enemy pest control
Author: Kelly Jowett: If there was an agent acting within your crops that could reduce eggs and first instar larvae of the cabbage root fly by up to 90%; reduce...
Case study: Insecticide-free arable farming
Author: Martin Lines Farm: Papley Grove Farm, Cambridgeshire: 160 ha farmed in-house plus 360 ha contract farmed (c) Martin Lines Aims: In 2013, my agronomist recommended...
Case Study: Pasture for Pollinators
Authors: Owain Rowlands ( Menter a Busnes ) & Anna Hobbs ( Bumblebee Conservation Trust ) Welsh dairy farmers and bumblebees don’t normally crop up in the same context...
Case Study: Providing food and shelter for invertebrates in Autumn
Author: Catherine Jones, Buglife As the days continue to shorten, temperatures drop and the morning frosts start to appear, the value of autumnal vegetation for wildlife should not be underestimated....
Case Study: Managing Farmland for Grey Long-eared Bats
Author: Craig Dunton, Grey long-eared bat Project Officer, Bat Conservation Trust Species: Grey Long-eared bat: © Craig Dunton/www.bats.org.uk Why is farmland important for this species? With as few as...
Case Study: Adding Value to Chalk Grasslands: Creating Chalk Banks to benefit butterflies and other insects.
Author: Lynne Roberts . Farm: The RSPB’s Manor Farm, Newton Tony, Wiltshire Aims and setting: Manor Farm is a 296 ha working farm strategically placed between two of the largest...
Case Study: British dung beetles – here to help
Author: Ceri Watkins, Co-Founder of Dung beetle UK Mapping Project Species: Dung beetles Why is farmland important for these species? There are approximately 60 species of dung beetle in the...
Case Study: Using hay strewing as a technique to create species-rich grassland
Author: Jennifer Palmer Farm: High Burnham Farm, Epworth Aims High Burnham is a large (+300ha) arable farm. As part of the RSPB's Axholme and Idle Farmland Bird Initiative¹ (Lincolnshire), an opportunity...