Advice
Advice and support for farmers to help promote and practice wildlife-friendly farming which is good for nature and us.
Explore practical guidance ranging from how you can help individual species to ways in which you can work to create and look after healthy wildlife habitats.
In this section
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Helping species
If you know which birds are on your farm, then you can find out what they need and how you can help them.
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![Flower-rich margin at Grange Farm, Cambridgeshire]()
Managing habitats for wildlife
Advice on how to manage habitats for wildlife on your farm, from margins, banks and headlands to meadows, scrub land and buildings.
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![Hope Farm, Knapwell RSPB, hedgerow, field of winter wheat.]()
Techniques to help wildlife
A wealth of useful techniques to help wildlife on your farmland. From managing gorse and rushes, to working with arable crops.
Find your local adviser
Contact your regional office to find your local adviser.
Get a farmland bird survey
Find out how to get a survey of the bird-life on your farmland.
Wader-Friendly Farming Initiative
Signing up to the Wader-Friendly Farming Initiative and demonstrate your commitment to helping these birds.