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