GAEC 15 Hedgerows

Documents

Field Boundary Technical Factsheets from FWAG
This resource is a collection of Technical Factsheets published by FWAG describing how best to manage and create various field boundaries including hedges, dykes, trees and field margins. FWAG, 2005.
Hedgerow Management and Renovation
This booklet, published by the Countryside Council for Wales, is a guide for land managers aiming to provide individuals with a better understanding of what is involved in renovating a hedge. Countryside Council for Wales, ISBN 1 86169 020 7, 1999.
Hedgerow Regulations: Your Questions Answered
This leaflet provides answers to some common questions about the Hedgerow Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/1160). This includes: permission to remove hedgerows, retention notices, criteria for identifying important hedgerows, challeging the hedgerow retention notices, grants and advice available for restoring or maintaining hedgerows. Department for the Environment (now Defra), May 1997.
Hedgerows and Dry Stone Walls
Hedgerows and dry-stone walls are wildlife habitats that support many different species of bird, insect and small mammal. This brief leaflet from Cambridgeshire County Council provides an introduction on how they can be maintained for wildlife benefit. Cambridgeshire County Council, 2005.
Hedgerows Regulations
RSPB Topic Sheets
This section contains a collection of RSPB topic sheets covering hedgerow management, setaside, arable field margins, beetle banks and conservation headlands. RSPB, circa 2004.
Wildlife and Countryside Act