Landscapes for Wild Pollinators and Farm Wildlife Project

Seaford Head © Laurie Jackson

The Landscapes for Wild Pollinators and Farm Wildlife project provided free, tailored advice to farmers and landowners across Kent and Sussex on land management to benefit pollinators.

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Quick Facts:

  • Name of Project: Landscapes for Wild Pollinators and Farm Wildlife Project
  • Duration of Project: 2016 – 2018
  • Location of Project: Kent and Sussex
  • Species benefiting from Project: Pollinators and other invertebrates
  • Project funded by: Farmcare, DEFRA and Ecotricity.
  • Project partners: Farmcare, Natural England, land managers and key local stakeholders.

Pollinators are a vitally important part of our biodiversity, as well as being incredibly important to people. They are responsible for one in every three mouthfuls of the food that we eat, and it is estimated that 84% of EU crops (valued at £12.6 billion per annum) benefit from insect pollination. In addition, approximately 80% of wildflowers also rely on insect pollinators.

What did the project do?

Buglife worked with landowners and managers to create new habitat features that provide linkages or habitat stepping stones between key wildlife sites within the B-Lines network and in locations where key and rare species occur.

As part of the project, we offered:

  • individual farm visits; to provide information on how to create, locate and manage high quality pollinator habitats;
  • training, workshops and farm walks on practical aspects of habitat management and restoration, and the lifecycle and habitat needs of pollinators;
  • advice on how to build an application for the Countryside Stewardship Wild Pollinator and Farm Wildlife Package to address some of the key issues facing pollinators.
South Downs © Laurie Jackson

The Landscapes for Wild Pollinators and Farm Wildlife Project was funded by Farmcare, Natural England and Ecotricity.

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