Many of the Campaign options support bird life on your farm and can be highly successful when introduced in the right location and combined with other measures.
It is up to you to decide what options can work best for you and your local agronomist and/or FWAG advisor will be able to help.
Birds need farmers and farmland. Birds are an excellent indicator of the overall bio-diversity and health of your land as they sit high up in the food chain.
The Campaign recognises the importance of farmers to bird populations. Your management skills and knowledge of your land will help to increase bird numbers.
Our 10 most wanted
- Grey partridge
- Lapwing
- Turtle dove
- Skylark
- Yellow wagtail
- Tree sparrow
- Linnet
- Yellowhammer
- Reed bunting
- Corn bunting
If you can do each of the following per 100ha of arable farmland, then these farmland birds could thrive on your farm:
- Provide in field nesting habitats for skylarks and lapwings
- Sow 2ha of wild bird seed mix or 5ha of weedy overwintered stubbles
- Aim for 1ha of insect rich foraging habitats such as uncultivated or sown flower headlands.
For more information on what you can do to support birds on your holding, please view the Farming for Birds documents to the left of the page. If you are in one of the 22 target counties then please contact your local campaign coordinator first by going to the Your Area pages.
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