Conservation Advice: Farmland habitats

Hedgelink UK - working together for the UK's hedgerows
Welcome to hedgelink. The first place to look for information on the UK's native hedges, hedgerow conservation and management.

National Hedgelaying Society
Information, training opportunities and contacts for hedgelaying

Pond Conservation
The Pond conservation website has information on pond management, monitoring, publications and other matters such as the Water Framework Directive.

RSPB farm habitat advice pages

advice on arable crops on livestock farms, arable field margins, arable reversion, beetle banks, bracken management in the uplands, conservation headlands, drainage channels, extensive grazing, farmland bird feeding stations, field margins on grasslands, gill woodlands / clough woodlands, hay meadows, hedgerow management, moorland gripping, non-rotational set-aside, over-wintered stubble, re-wetting grassland, rotational set-aside, rush management, scrub, skylark plots, wild bird cover

Conservation Advice: Farmland Invertebrates

British Dragonfly Society
The aim of the British Dragonfly Society is to promote and encourage the study and conservation of dragonflies and their natural habitats

Buglife advice on managing habitats for invertebrates
Downloadable series of leaflets on managing farmland habitats for invertebrates, including grassland, ponds and ditches, hedgerows and cereal field margins, and woodland.

Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Organisation set up to promote and advise on the conservation of bumblebees.

Butterfly Conservation
Butterfly Conservation website contains information on British butterflies and moths, and habitat management advice

Habitat management advice for butterflies and moths
Habitat management advice from Butterfly Conservation including 'butterflies and farmland' and 'woodlands for butterflies and moths', plus advice on hedgerows and bracken, and species-specific advice

Insect information
Information about different insect types from the Buglife website.