Increase summer food sources for birds |
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Maintain (or Increase) the area of rough grassland on farms |
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Increase pollen and nectar sources |
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Sow 6m wide blocks or strips with a mixture of pollen and nectar rich plants |
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Increase seed food sources for birds on grassland farms |
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Take field corners out of management in grassland fields |
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Protect ancient trees in intensively-managed grass fields |
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Do not carry out any cultivations, storage of materials or machinery, or weed control under the canopy of in-field trees |
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Do not spread fertiliser, farmyard manure or inorganic N, P or K beneath the canopy of in-field trees |
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Do not carry out supplementary feeding of stock under the canopy of in-field trees |
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Create skylark plots |
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Create beetle banks |
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Encourage rare arable plants |
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Restrict the application of pesticides and nutrients in conservation headlands in cereal fields |
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Maintain (or increase) the area of unimproved grassland on farms |
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Maintain rush pastures |
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In-field ponds are protected and maintained |
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Wet ditches are protected and maintained |
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Create a buffer strip between cultivations and the surrounding environment |
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Do not cut ditch banks more than once every two or three years |
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Only use mechanical means (do not use chemicals) to clean your ditches or trim your bank |
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Ditches are not moved or re-profiled |
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Ditches are not cleared during the bird nesting season |
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Woodlands are protected and maintained |
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Livestock are excluded from woodland |
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Do not supplementary feed or locate water troughs and mineral licks in such a way as to cause poaching on woodland |
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Create a buffer strip between cultivations and the surrounding environment |
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Watercourses are protected and maintained |
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Moorland is protected and maintained |
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Protect ancient trees in arable fields |
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Do not carry out any cultivations, storage of materials or machinery, or weed control under the canopy of in-field trees |
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Do not spread fertiliser, farmyard manure or inorganic N, P or K beneath the canopy of in-field trees |
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Protect ancient trees in intensively-managed grass fields |
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Do not carry out any cultivations, storage of materials or machinery, or weed control under the canopy of in-field trees |
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Do not spread fertiliser, farmyard manure or inorganic N, P or K beneath the canopy of in-field trees |
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Do not carry out supplementary feeding of stock under the canopy of in-field trees |
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Create grassy habitat in corners of arable fields |