Increase habitats for invertebrates Retain all standing deadwood unless it presents a safety hazard
Create 6m uncropped cultivated margins on arable land
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
Leave fallen timber below the canopy of in-field trees
Create grassy habitat in corners of arable fields
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
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