Conservation & biodiversity best practice examples Hugh Lowe Farms Ltd
Conservation & biodiversity best practice examples
Hugh Lowe Farms Ltd
Biodiversity best practice : 1
Allow wide headland and grassy field margin and keep tracks from wandering by not driving on them in poor conditions; Strakes, West Peckham
Biodiversity best practice : 2
Clear ditches one side only every 5 years; Goose Green
Biodiversity best practice : 3
Create new habitats such as pond at Bull Farm
Biodiversity best practice : 4
Diverse field margin & windbreak with track below - Seven Acre & Adams Well
Biodiversity best practice : 5
Diverse flora in ditch at Goose Green
Biodiversity best practice : 6
Do not drive on field margins, keep to tracks; Nine Acre, West Peckham
Biodiversity best practice : 7
Drill game cover in April, preserve grassy field margin; Arnolds Bank (hedge removed by neighbour), West Peckham
Biodiversity best practice : 8
Drill grass & pollen-nectar mix for beetle banks in April; Pedlam Brook, West Peckham (Weald Way on right)
Biodiversity best practice : 9
Drill only native species of grass in raspberry alleys, Seven Acre, West Peckham
Biodiversity best practice : 10
Ensure honey bees and other pollinators healthy and numerous; honey bee hives, Court Lodge, East Peckham
Biodiversity best practice : 11
Establish floating islands for wildfowl on reservoirs; Peckham Place
Biodiversity best practice : 12
Establish new windbreaks, Adams Well, West Peckham
Biodiversity best practice : 13
Spring cropping, grassy field margin and track - Arnolds Bank (hedge removed by neighbour), West Peckham
Biodiversity best practice : 14
Hedge management - encourage establishment of grassy margin; 5 year old hedge, Gravelly Bank, Mereworth
Biodiversity best practice : 15
Hedge management at Kent Street Mereworth; cut hedges between Sept - Feb, leave hedgerow trees.
Biodiversity best practice : 16
Hedgerow trees allowed to grow up - Forge Lane, West Peckham
Biodiversity best practice : 17
Identify and leave undisturbed any badger setts; Strakes, Goose Green
Biodiversity best practice : 18
Investigate cover crops; Reservoir Field, Mereworth, incorporating Caliente mustard
Biodiversity best practice : 19
Keep leaves on overwintering strawberry plants and remove in spring, to provide winter habitat for invertebrates and farmland birds especially skylarks; Goose Green
Biodiversity best practice : 20
Keep wide field margin and established headlands in arable crops following after strawberries; Highlands, Mereworth
Biodiversity best practice : 21
Leave dead trees as habitat for invertebrates & fungi; Highlands, Mereworth
Biodiversity best practice : 22
Leave lapwing habitat undisturbed as uncropped area at Stanfords, Goose Green
Biodiversity best practice : 23
Liaise with landlord over maintenance of coppiced woodland; Aerodrome, Latters Farm, 2007
Biodiversity best practice : 24
Look after small uncropped areas with a light touch - uncropped orchard, West Peckham
Biodiversity best practice : 25
Maintain beetle banks in following arable crops; Pylon, West Peckham
Biodiversity best practice : 26
Maintain diverse grassy field margins at woodland edges; Highwoods Bank, Bull Farm with pheasant
Biodiversity best practice : 27
Maintain grassy alleys in established raspberries; Jubilee 1, Bull Farm
Biodiversity best practice : 28
Top grass areas around reservoirs after July 15th, once per year; small reservoir West Peckham
Biodiversity best practice : 29
Manage wet meadows by topping once per year and preventing scrub taking over; Peckham Place reservoir & Bee Field
Biodiversity best practice : 30
Maintain diverse understory in copses; School Wood, Mereworth
Biodiversity best practice : 31
Monitor and record wildlife signs - owl pellets beneath tunnel hoops, Strakes, Goose Green April 08
Biodiversity best practice : 32
Monitor birds with RSPB; Peckham Place reservoir; geese, tufted duck, cormorant, mallard, coot; April 09
Biodiversity best practice : 33
Promote rotations suitable for farmland birds; lapwing, Hazelwood, West Peckham
Biodiversity best practice : 34
Monitor plant diversity - water mint at Peckham Place reservoir
Biodiversity best practice : 35
Plant new hedges with mixed native species, keep weeds down with hedgeplant guards ; new reservoir, West Peckham
Biodiversity best practice : 36
Preserve grassy margin next to windbreaks; Adams Well, West Peckham (uncropped bank & nut platt beyond)
Biodiversity best practice : 37
Protect lime avenue by not driving on margins and mulching round trees to conserve moisture; Sheepshed, Mereworth
Biodiversity best practice : 38
Protect newly planted trees with rabbit guards & plant mix of native species; Plum Wood, Mereworth
Biodiversity best practice : 39
Provide wide spaces between tunnels where space allows to allow wildlife movement; Goose Green
Biodiversity best practice : 40
Record wildlife sightings - Julie's picking group found grass snake skin, Mote Field, Peckham Place
Biodiversity best practice : 41
Re-establish wide field margin with tussocky grasses - after removal of hop garden, Bull Farm
Biodiversity best practice : 42
Restore degraded habitats such as pond at Stanfords, Goose Green
Biodiversity best practice : 43
Site nest boxes appropriately; Kiln Field, Mereworth
Biodiversity best practice : 44
Sow native grass species under table tops - White Gates
Biodiversity best practice : 45
Use ICM principles for crop protection - pheromone trap to monitor pest populations; Jubilee 2, Bull Farm
Biodiversity best practice : 46
Where there is space, make field margins wider and do not drive close to hedges; Goose Green
Biodiversity best practice : 47
Widen bridle ways where appropriate; Piggery, West Peckham
Biodiversity best practice : 48
Windbreak management - cut to 4-5m, leaving cones on lateral branches for birds especially yellowhammers; alder windbreak - Seven Acre, West Peckham
Biodiversity best practice : 49
Mark and leave undisturbed any nests within crop - nest in covered strawberry crop at Stanfords, June 09. Fledged June 25th.
Biodiversity best practice : 50
Mark and leave undisturbed any nests within crop - nest in coir bag in tunneled strawberry crop on table tops at White Gates June 2009.
Biodiversity best practice : 51
Monitor wildlife sightings: fox snoozing amongst raspberry canes, successional tunnels