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SCOTTISH RURAL DEVELOPMENT

WILD BIRD SEED FOR FARMLAND BIRDS

Each spring, you must create and manage a crop with a seed mixture which must include at least three small seed-bearing crops to include both a cereal and an oil-rich crop (e.g. oats, triticale, barley, quinoa, linseed, millet, mustard, fodder radish).

OPTIONS:

  • Wild Bird Seed 1 Year

  • Wild Bird Seed 1 Year (without cereal)

  • Wild Bird Seed 2 Year

  • Wild Bird Seed 2 Year (without cereal)


    CREATION OF BEETLE BANKS

    It will benefit valuable insects, such as beetles, spiders and bumblebees, by providing tussocky grassy strips for them to overwinter within large arable fields. This will in turn help control crop pests and aid pollution.

    OPTIONS:

  • Beetlebank 1 Mixture


    CREATION OF WATER MARGINS

    To be used for water margins immediately adjacent to still or running water, including ditches which may be dry for part of the year. It will benefit a variety of wildlife and help improve water quality by preventing soil erosion and intercepting water run-off.

    OPTIONS:

  • Mat Forming + Herbs


    CREATION OF GRASS STRIPS

    It will benefit a variety of wildlife and help improve water quality by preventing soil erosion and intercepting water run-off. It will help to improve soil structure and connect habitats.

    OPTIONS:

  • Mat Forming + Herbs

  • Basic Margin Mix


    CREATION OF SPECIES RICH GRASSLAND

    You must sow the area with a wildflower meadow mix to establish a new sward. The mix must include at least 15 percent by weight of mixed Scottish native flowers.

    OPTIONS:

  • Species Rich Basic

  • Specie Rich Diverse


    STUBBLES FOLLOWED BY GREEN MANURE IN AN ARABLE ROTATION

    After harvest, retain the stubble overwinter and then establish a green manure crop (such as forage rye, chicory, mustard or legumes) from 1 March the following spring. The seed mix must include at least one annual flowering plant (e.g. vetch, clover or phacelia)

    OPTIONS:

  • Green Manure 1

  • Green Manure 2

  • Green Manure 3

  • Soil Improver

  • Soil Improver (No Brassica)


    FORAGE BRASSICAS FOR FARMLAND BIRDS

    Each year, establish a forage brassica crop

    OPTIONS:

  • Kale 1

  • Kale 2



    Disclaimer: should scheme requirements change, products will change accordingly and be updated as soon as is practicable; ensure you are reading the most up to date version of the governmental guidance. Provision of seed as ordered does not constitute Watson Seeds Ltd responsibility that the product will be accepted in an SFI/AECS/BPS scheme or any new or additional scheme which may become available. Watson Seeds Ltd accepts no liability for products used, responsibility lies solely with scheme applicant to ensure products used will satisfy the requirements of that scheme. In case of unavailability, Watson Seeds Ltd reserves the right to substitute any variety in any mixture with one of similar merit. Any change will be detailed on the bag label. The placing of an order constitutes an acceptance of our terms and conditions of sale by the buyer.

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