Rotational legume and herb-rich swards (livestock)
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- Annual cultivated margins
- Arable
- Bats
- Dry stone walls
- Existing wildlife habitats
- Farmed area
- Field boundaries
- Flower-rich grassland
- 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
- Uncategorised
- Wet features
- Wildflower-rich grassland creation
- Wildflower-rich grassland restoration
- Wildflower-rich meadows
- Wildflower-rich pastures
- Woodland
Dairy farm creating a buzz
Authors: Gethin Davies (RSPB), Anna Hobbs (BBCT), Stuart Taylor (farmer, Argoed) Dairying can be a challenging sector for farmers and wildlife. Small margins have driven increasing scale, efficiency and specialisation,...
New research: What limits bumblebee populations on farmland?
Authors: Dr Tom Timberlake and Prof Jane Memmott A new study by Tom Timberlake and colleagues at the University of Bristol shows how important late summer flowers and rural gardens...
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: Herb-rich leys
Author: Ian Boyd Farm: Whittington Lodge Farm, Gloucestershire Aims: Whittington Lodge Farm has predominately thin Cotswold Brash soils on 280ha, mostly over 800 feet in altitude. The cultivated half of the farm was in...