Abstract
This study aims to develop and test reduced intensity grazing options for agricultural grassland that aim to deliver substantial benefits for biodiversity (particularly invertebrates for foraging farmland birds) that are simple, practical and low cost for farmers to implement and therefore suitable for inclusion NE / Defra`s Entry Level and Higher Level Schemes. A lack of a suitable range of invertebrate prey has been shown to limit the breeding success of a range of priority farmland birds in Britain. The study will test two lenient cattle grazing treatments both of which should be widely applicable to livestock farmers across the UK.
United Kingdom