UK Agriculture conservation database
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Project objectives
To provide a very significant new habitat specifically suitable for game and farmland birds.
Project description
17 fields on the farm are put down to set-aside under a mix of regimes. These included grass, maize and sunflower, morphine poppy and natural regeneration. Much of the area adjoins new grassland margins.
Project type: Set Aside
Nearest town: Winchester
Start date: 1999 and 2001
Project size: 83 hectares
Site classification: Countryside Stewardship
Previous land use: Arable
Type of manager: Farmer
Access availability: Alongside
Project objectives
To create ground cover for birds
Project description
Left fifteen metre strip at the edge of a field, adjacent to woodland, uncut.
Project type: Set Aside
Nearest town: Petersfield
Start date: 2001
Project size: 0.4 hectares
Site classification:
Previous land use: Grassland
Type of manager: Farmer
Access availability: No
Project objectives
To move from rotational set-aside to permanent set-aside to create a more beneficial environment for wildlife
Project description
An appropriate grass mix was drilled into 20 metre strips to create permanent set-aside margins alongside woodland edges.
Project type: Set Aside
Nearest town: Chichester
Start date: 2000
Project size: 4.8 hectares
Site classification:
Previous land use: Arable
Type of manager: Farmer
Access availability: No
Project objectives
To provide a wildlife haven which has been left in long term set-aside and alongside new woodland
Project description
Set aside was allowed to naturally regenerate with only late summer mowing.
Project type: Set Aside
Nearest town: Salisbury
Start date: 1998
Project size: 2.1 hectares
Site classification:
Previous land use: Arable
Type of manager: Farmer
Access availability: No
Project objectives
To create a breeding habitat for skylarks
Project description
Was sown with a grass mix. Now mown only once a year
Project type: Set Aside
Nearest town: Lewes
Start date: 1997
Project size: 5.7 hectares
Site classification:
Previous land use: Arable
Type of manager: Farmer
Access availability: Alongside
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