AHW5: Nesting plots for lapwing
What you must do to get paid for this action and advice on how to do it.
This is an action in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme: expanded offer for 2024. You must read the SFI scheme information to understand the scheme rules and how to apply.
Duration
3 years
How much you바카라 사이트檒l be paid
拢765 per hectare (ha) per year
Action바카라 사이트檚 aim
This action바카라 사이트檚 aim is that there are fallow cultivated plots within an arable crop which:
- have enough bare ground for nesting lapwings
- are present from early spring until the arable crop is harvested in the summer
The purpose of this is to provide:
- nesting sites for lapwing
- habitats for other declining farmland birds, farmland wildlife and important arable plants
Where you can do this action
You can do this action on agricultural land located below the moorland line that바카라 사이트檚:
- identified by you as not being at risk of soil erosion or surface runoff 바카라 사이트� you must keep evidence of this
- an eligible land type (as defined in section 5.1 바카라 사이트楨ligible land types for SFI바카라 사이트� in the SFI scheme information)
- registered with an eligible land cover on your digital maps
- declared with a land use code which is compatible with the eligible land cover
You must not do this action on land that바카라 사이트檚 within around:
- 100 metres (m) of woods, in-field and hedgerow trees, buildings, overhead power lines, main road and public rights of way
- 200m of wind turbines
Eligible land
| Eligible land type | Eligible land cover | Compatible land use code |
|---|---|---|
| Arable land used to grow crops | Arable land | Land use codes for arable crops or leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crops |
| Temporary grassland | Arable land | TG01 |
| Arable land lying fallow | Arable land | FA01 |
Eligibility of protected land
| Protected land | Eligibility |
|---|---|
| Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) | Eligible 바카라 사이트� you must get SSSI consent before you do this action (read section 10.3 바카라 사이트�SSSI consent바카라 사이트� in the SFI scheme information to find out how to do this) |
| Historic and archaeological features | Ineligible 바카라 사이트� you must not enter any area that contains an historic or archaeological feature into this action. This only affects the area where the feature is located in a land parcel. You can apply for this action on the remaining area in the land parcel if it바카라 사이트檚 eligible. |
Available area you can enter into this action
Part of the available area in a land parcel.
Rotational or static action
This action is rotational or static. This means you can either:
- move its location for the second and third years of this action바카라 사이트檚 duration
- do it at the same location each year of this action바카라 사이트檚 duration
What to do
By early spring, you must establish a fallow cultivated plot within the arable crop.
You must manage the fallow cultivated plot in a way that can reasonably be expected to achieve this action바카라 사이트檚 aim. This includes managing natural regeneration if it means there is not enough bare ground for nesting birds.
You must retain the fallow cultivated plot until the arable crop is harvested in the summer and the bird nesting season is complete (usually this will be late July).
You can maintain an existing lapwing plot to get paid for this action if it:
- meets this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements
- is not already being paid for under another environmental land management scheme option, such as Countryside Stewardship option AB5 (lapwing plots)
When to do it
You must do this action each year of its 3-year duration.
If this action바카라 사이트檚 start date means it바카라 사이트檚 too late to establish the lapwing plot, you must do this within 12 months of this action바카라 사이트檚 start date.
In the final year of this action바카라 사이트檚 duration, you must do this action until the arable crop is harvested in the summer or this action바카라 사이트檚 end date, whichever is earlier.
How to do it
It바카라 사이트檚 up to you how you do this action, as long as you:
- follow this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements 바카라 사이트� these are identified by a 바카라 사이트榤ust바카라 사이트�
- do the action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve this action바카라 사이트檚 aim
You may find it helpful to read the 바카라 사이트榓dvice to help you do this action바카라 사이트�, but it바카라 사이트檚 not part of this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements.
Evidence to keep
You must keep written evidence that land entered into this action is not at risk of soil erosion or surface runoff. You can use the soil management plan produced for CSAM1 or SAM1 to identify this.
You must also keep evidence to show what you바카라 사이트檝e done to complete this action, such as:
- field operations at a land parcel level and associated invoices
- photographs or other documentation
If it바카라 사이트檚 not clear that you바카라 사이트檝e done this action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve its aim, we may ask for this evidence. You must supply the evidence if we ask for it.
Other actions or options you can do on the same area as this action
You can do the following actions or options on the same area in a land parcel as this action.
Some actions or options can only be done on the same area if they바카라 사이트檙e done at a different time of year to this action. For example, winter cover followed by a summer companion crop. Read 바카라 사이트榃hat to do바카라 사이트� and 바카라 사이트榃hen to do it바카라 사이트� to find out when this action must be done.
| Scheme | Action or option codes |
|---|---|
| SFI 2024 actions | AHW6, AHW7, OFC3, OFC4, OFM4, OFM5, PRF1, PRF2, PRF4, CIPM1, CNUM1, CSAM1, CSAM2 |
| SFI 2023 actions | IPM1, IPM4, NUM1, SAM1 |
| CS options | AB2, AB6, AB11, AB14, AB15, HS3, HS9, OR3, OR4, OT3, OT4 |
| ES options | No ES revenue options |
| SFI pilot standards | No area-based SFI pilot standards |
If an action or option cannot be located on the same area, you may be able to do it on a different area in the same land parcel. Read section 6 바카라 사이트楨ligible land in other funding schemes바카라 사이트� in the SFI scheme information for more details.
You can do the following actions or options on the eligible boundaries of a land parcel entered into this action:
- SFI 2024 actions: CHRW1, CHRW2, CHRW3, BND1, BND2 and WBD2
- SFI 2023 actions: HRW1, HRW2, HRW3
- CS option BE3 (management of hedgerows)
- the introductory level of the SFI pilot hedgerows standard
Advice to help you do this action
The following advice may help you to do this action, but it바카라 사이트檚 not part of this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements.
Choosing the right location
It can help if you locate the nesting plots for lapwing:
- on level or slightly sloping ground
- next to extensively managed grassland where lapwings can feed their chicks
- on arable fields which are at least around 5 hectares (ha), or around 10ha if woodland forms at least a quarter of the field boundary
- away from waterlogged areas or land with weeds such as black-grass, wild oats or sterile brome
Size of plots
To maximise the benefits for nesting lapwing, you can establish plots which are at least around 1ha up to 5ha in size.
You can use this action in a sequence with basic overwinter stubble to provide a continuity of habitat for species such as skylark and corn bunting.
How to establish the plots
You can establish the lapwing plots by either:
- cultivation 바카라 사이트� try to create the appearance of a very rough seedbed, as lapwings rarely nest on a bare surface that바카라 사이트檚 too smooth
- spraying to create the fallow
When to establish the plots
You can establish the lapwing plots on lighter, chalky, sandy and loamy free-draining soils in February or March.
On heavier soils, you can:
- plough plots the previous autumn
- allow them to weather down to provide suitable nesting conditions by early spring
Machinery access
You can avoid damaging the lapwing plots when using machinery to carry out day-to-day farm operations (such as spraying and fertilising) if it:
- keeps to the tramlines
- is switched off when passing over the plots
Check plots and plot tramlines for signs of nests before you do these operations.
Updates to this page
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AHW10, AHW11 and CIPM4 removed from SFI 2024 actions.
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Where you can do this action - an eligible land type is defined in section 5.1 바카라 사이트楨ligible land types for SFI바카라 사이트� in the SFI scheme information. Eligibility of protected land - updated link to section 10.3 바카라 사이트楽SSI consent바카라 사이트� in the SFI scheme information. You can apply for this action on the area in a land parcel that does not contain an historic or archaeological feature. Published voluntary advice to help you do this action, but it's not part of this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements.
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