Filling the Hungry Gap – Agricology Vlog
Dr Alastair Leake (Director of Policy & the Allerton Project for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust) talks about why it’s important to consider using unproductive farm land to sow a winter mix of bird food. He stresses the importance in relation to helping the farmland bird index to recover, and gives a little advice as to which plants may be good to select in your wildlife seed mix to provide a good balance for the different bird species (filmed during September 2019).
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22nd October 2019Related farming theme:
Key Farming Practices:
- Habitat creation
- Integrated pest management (IPM)
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- Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
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