Increase habitats for mammals
Increase habitats for hares
Over-wintered stubbles
Stone walls are protected and enhanced
Retain and maintain stone walls
Remove stone walls
Stone walls are maintained using traditional materials and following the style characteristic to the local landscape
Hedgerows are protected and enhanced
Hedgerows are not trimmed during the bird nesting season
Allow saplings to grow into hedgerow trees at intervals (e.g. 4 trees randomly spaced over 200 m) where this fits in with the local landscape character
Hedges should have a mixture of heights and widths
Hedges should be maintained to a height which is customary to the local landscape (but no less than 1.5 m)
Do not trim hedges more than once every two or three years
Avoid cutting all hedges on a farm in the same year
Remove hedgerows
Hedgerows are not removed (without permission)
Habitats are not damaged by cultivation
Create a buffer strip between cultivations and the surrounding environment
Hedgerows are trimmed more often than every two or three years
Stone faced hedge banks are protected and enhanced
Retain and maintain stone faced hedge banks
Prevent damage to stone-faced gateways and banks by machinery
Prevent damage to stone-faced gateways and banks by livestock
Do not cast up ditch dredging or spoil over stone-faced banks
Stone faced hedge banks are maintained using traditional materials and following the style characteristic to the local landscape