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Improved spawning grounds for fish

Reduce sediment load in watercourses

Reduce soil erosion from arable fields

Increase soil organic matter on arable land

Incorporate crop residues

Minimal tillage

Do not burn crop residues

Include a grass/clover ley during the rotation

Incorporation of FYM into arable land

Reduce soil organic carbon oxidation on arable land

Convert grassland to arable (by ploughing)

Minimal tillage

Drain and cultivate peat soils

Decrease surface run-off / increase infiltration

Arable land is left with a rough surface following operations such as ploughing, discing or tine cultivation

Improve soil structure on grassland

Undertake mechanical field operations on grassland when the soil is waterlogged

Increase soil organic matter on grassland

Loosen compacted soil layers on grassland

Avoid mechanical field operations on grassland when the soil is waterlogged

Loosen compacted soil layers on arable land

Shallow spiking, slitting or subsoiling

Reduce soil compaction

Avoid tramlines over winter

Use low ground pressure tyres/wheels on machinery

Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged

Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged

Reduced poaching by livestock

Regularly change the position of supplementary feeders

Reduce overflows from livestock water troughs

Ball-valves on livestock water troughs are damaged and/or not correctly set

Ensure ball-valves on livestock water troughs are not damaged and are correctly set

Avoid unsuitable supplementary feeding

Reduce livestock stocking rates

Prevent / reduce the creation of flow pathways

Avoid tramlines over winter

Tramlines run across slopes where practical not down slopes leading to a watercourse

Cultivate and drill across the slope

Reduce topsoil saturation (waterlogging)

Install artificial sub-surface drains

Increase in earthworm population

Minimal tillage

Reduce soil compaction

Avoid tramlines over winter

Use low ground pressure tyres/wheels on machinery

Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged

Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged

Reduced poaching by livestock

Regularly change the position of supplementary feeders

Reduce overflows from livestock water troughs

Ball-valves on livestock water troughs are damaged and/or not correctly set

Ensure ball-valves on livestock water troughs are not damaged and are correctly set

Avoid unsuitable supplementary feeding

Reduce livestock stocking rates

Improve soil structure on arable land

Minimal tillage

Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged

Loosen compacted soil layers on arable land

Shallow spiking, slitting or subsoiling

Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged

Increase soil organic matter on arable land

Incorporate crop residues

Minimal tillage

Do not burn crop residues

Include a grass/clover ley during the rotation

Incorporation of FYM into arable land

Reduce soil organic carbon oxidation on arable land

Convert grassland to arable (by ploughing)

Minimal tillage

Drain and cultivate peat soils

Cover crop after harvest through the winter

Reduce overland flow (by barrier)

Minimal tillage

Create grassed strips within arable fields

Create beetle banks

Maintain vegetative cover on fields

Create grassed waterways within arable fields

Convert arable land to extensive grassland

Arable land is sown with a crop within 10 days of having been prepared as a seedbed

Cover crop after harvest through the winter

Over-wintered stubbles

Ensure all stock tracks are well-drained and sited away from watercourses

Locate out-wintered stock and sacrifice areas away from watercourses

Trap and prevent pollutants or sediment reaching watercourses

Create, extend or enhance riparian vegetation

Dredging or spoil must be levelled along the bank and the bankside vegetation re-established by natural regeneration

Dredging or spoil is not levelled along the bank and the bankside vegetation is destroyed

Reduced soil erosion from grassland or grazed fields

Reduced poaching by livestock

Regularly change the position of supplementary feeders

Reduce overflows from livestock water troughs

Ball-valves on livestock water troughs are damaged and/or not correctly set

Ensure ball-valves on livestock water troughs are not damaged and are correctly set

Avoid unsuitable supplementary feeding

Reduce livestock stocking rates

Decrease surface run-off / increase infiltration

Arable land is left with a rough surface following operations such as ploughing, discing or tine cultivation

Improve soil structure on grassland

Undertake mechanical field operations on grassland when the soil is waterlogged

Increase soil organic matter on grassland

Loosen compacted soil layers on grassland

Avoid mechanical field operations on grassland when the soil is waterlogged

Loosen compacted soil layers on arable land

Shallow spiking, slitting or subsoiling

Reduce soil compaction

Avoid tramlines over winter

Use low ground pressure tyres/wheels on machinery

Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged

Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged

Reduced poaching by livestock

Regularly change the position of supplementary feeders

Reduce overflows from livestock water troughs

Ball-valves on livestock water troughs are damaged and/or not correctly set

Ensure ball-valves on livestock water troughs are not damaged and are correctly set

Avoid unsuitable supplementary feeding

Reduce livestock stocking rates

Prevent / reduce the creation of flow pathways

Avoid tramlines over winter

Tramlines run across slopes where practical not down slopes leading to a watercourse

Cultivate and drill across the slope

Reduce topsoil saturation (waterlogging)

Install artificial sub-surface drains

Increase in earthworm population

Minimal tillage

Reduce soil compaction

Avoid tramlines over winter

Use low ground pressure tyres/wheels on machinery

Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged

Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged

Reduced poaching by livestock

Regularly change the position of supplementary feeders

Reduce overflows from livestock water troughs

Ball-valves on livestock water troughs are damaged and/or not correctly set

Ensure ball-valves on livestock water troughs are not damaged and are correctly set

Avoid unsuitable supplementary feeding

Reduce livestock stocking rates

Improve soil structure on arable land

Minimal tillage

Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged

Loosen compacted soil layers on arable land

Shallow spiking, slitting or subsoiling

Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged

Increase soil organic matter on arable land

Incorporate crop residues

Minimal tillage

Do not burn crop residues

Include a grass/clover ley during the rotation

Incorporation of FYM into arable land

Reduce soil organic carbon oxidation on arable land

Convert grassland to arable (by ploughing)

Minimal tillage

Drain and cultivate peat soils

Cover crop after harvest through the winter

Vulnerable river banks protected

Restrict livestock access to watercourses

Construct livestock crossings for watercourses regularly used by livestock