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Key Habitats - Cereal Field Margins

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Key Habitat

Cereal Field Margins

Type of Mineral Extraction

All mineral extraction where agriculture is existing use, or where restoration is to agriculture.

Species
(s) = short list (m) = middle list (l) = long list
  • Rare arable flowers:
Adonis annua (l)
Centuaurea cyanus (l)
Euphorbia platyphyllos (l)
Petroselinium segetum (l)
Scandix pectin-veneris (l)
Valerianella dentata (l)

  • Nesting and feeding sites for game birds, and some woodland nest builders.
  • Some 2,000 species of invertebrates, including grasshoppers, butterflies, moths, and plant bugs.
Examples of action required when Key Habitat is close
to proposed mineral working site

All existing land in ownership should be managed in accordance with the BAP advice.

Opportunities during extraction

Buffers to headlands and hedgerows should be wide enough to allow colonisation. These areas will then be able to act as a source of plant and animal material for colonising restored areas.

Opportunities for action before and after extraction

  • Where restorations are to agriculture, hedgerows should be incorporated into restoration plans, with wide margins and headlands allowed for colonisation by seral communities.
  • Seeding and transplanting can help introduce species. Native stock should be used.
  • Management of finally restored agricultural land should comply with the BAP advice on Cereal Field Margins.





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