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Site ID |
Site Description |
Long Term Aim |
Operation |
Year |
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Z |
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Mature Trees |
Mature oak trees, many will be several hundreds of years old |
To maintain their habitat for bats |
Do not remove ivy or dead wood from trees unless a safety consideration |
On-going |
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Z |
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Woodland |
Ancient woodland, bluebell understorey, mainly overstood hazel coppice with oak standards |
To retain the bluebell understorey |
Ensure stock are not given access to the woodlands |
On-going |
|
Z |
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Important field boundaries |
All woodland edge, watercourse and hedge boundaries |
To protect woodland edge, watercourses and hedges from farm operations, thus retaining their value for wildlife |
Leave a 1 metre strip of unfertilised grass along woodland and hedgerows to protect the feature from accidental inputs |
On-going |
|
Z |
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Important field boundaries |
All woodland edge, watercourse and hedge boundaries |
To enhance these semi-natural boundaries for wildlife and landscape |
When replacing fencing, fence 1 metre away from boundary |
On-going |
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Z |
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Mature trees in fields |
Mature parkland trees, many will be many hundred years old |
To retain the trees as important landscape features |
Do not undertake farm operations under the canopy of the tree |
On-going |
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Z |
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Cobblers Brook |
Brook running diagonally through the centre of the estate |
To enhance bankside habitat along brook |
Ensure fence is at least 1 metre from the bank top |
On-going |
|
Z |
|
Cobblers Brook |
Brook running diagonally through the centre of the estate |
To enhance water quality in the brook |
Establish a six metre buffer strip along the brook, this will only be alon small sections as most of it is wooded |
On-going |
|
Z |
