Part 2 ELS options, OELS options and HLS options

General—

Identification, recording and retention of features

Basic organic management

Field boundaries—

Hedgerow management (on both sides of the hedge)

Hedgerow management (on one side of the hedge)

Enhanced hedgerow management (on both sides of the hedge)

Stone faced hedge bank management (on both sides of the hedge bank)

Stone faced hedge bank management (on one side of the hedge bank)

Ditch management (on both sides of the ditch)

Ditch management (on one side of the ditch)

Ditch management combined with hedgerow management mentioned at (a) above

Ditch management combined with hedgerow management mentioned at (b) above

Ditch management combined with hedgerow management mentioned at (c) above

Stone wall protection and maintenance

Trees and woodland—

Protection of in-field trees on arable land

Protection of in-field trees on grassland

Maintenance of woodland fences

Management of land bordering woodland

Historic and landscape features—

Taking cultivated land in or on which archaeological features are located out of cultivation

Reducing cultivation depths on land in or on which archaeological features are located

Management of scrub on archaeological sites

Management of grassland in or on which archaeological features are located

Maintenance of traditional farm buildings

Buffer strips—

Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 2 metre buffer strips on cultivated land

Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 2 metre buffer strips on rotational land

Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 4 metre or 6 metre buffer strips on cultivated land

Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 4 metre or 6 metre buffer strips on rotational land

Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 2 metre buffer strips on intensive grassland

Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 2 metre buffer strips on organic grassland

Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 4 metre or 6 metre buffer strips on intensive grassland

Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 4 metre or 6 metre buffer strips on organic grassland

Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of buffer strips around in-field ponds in improved grassland

Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of buffer strips around in-field ponds in organic grassland

Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of buffer strips around in-field ponds in arable land

Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of buffer strips around in-field ponds in rotational land

Arable land—

Management of field corners

Establishing and maintaining plant species beneficial to wild birds on arable land

Establishing and maintaining plant species beneficial to wild birds on set-aside land

Establishing and maintaining a mixture of pollen and nectar rich plants on arable land

Establishing and maintaining a mixture of pollen and nectar rich plants on set-aside land

Retention of over-wintered stubbles on arable land

Creation and maintenance of beetle banks

Creation of skylark plots

Creation of conservation headlands

Creation of conservation headlands with no fertiliser or manure

Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 6 metre uncropped cultivated margin on arable land

Encouragement of a range of crop types—

Under-sowing a spring-sown cereal crop with a mixture of seeds of grass and legume species

Establishing and maintaining plant species beneficial to wild birds on grassland

Establishing and maintaining a mixture of pollen and nectar rich plants on grassland

Planting cereals for whole crop silage followed by over-wintered stubbles

Planting brassica fodder crops followed by over-wintered stubbles

Reduction of soil erosion—

Management of cultivated land with a high risk of soil erosion

Management of maize crops to reduce soil erosion

Grassland outside the less favoured area—

Taking corners of fields of improved grassland out of management

Management of permanent grassland using low inputs

Management of permanent grassland using very low inputs

Management of rush pastures

Stocking land with cattle and sheep

Land within the less favoured area—

Management of field corners

Management of in-bye grassland using low inputs

Management of in-bye pasture and meadows using very low inputs

Management of rush pastures

Establishment (where appropriate) and maintenance of rough grazing on land in parcels of less than 15 hectares

Establishment (where appropriate) and maintenance of rough grazing on land in parcels of 15 hectares or more

Stocking land with cattle and sheep

Preparation of land management plans—

Soil management

Nutrient management

Manure management

Crop protection management