Pasture for Plovers
A three-year project to deliver farm advice to benefit breeding waders – particularly lapwing, curlew, redshank and snipe – within the North Pennines, including:
- Free on-farm advice on land management techniques for breeding waders
- Advice on Higher Level Stewardship Scheme applications
- On-farm demonstration events showing examples of beneficial land management such as rush-cutting, traditional meadow management and scrape creation
- Farm walks and bird identification days for the public, promoting the importance of the North Pennines for waders and the work farmers do to encourage them.
Lead partner
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Other partners
Natural England, North Pennines AONB Partnership, Northern Rock Foundation, Leader Plus
Action plans that the project helps to deliver
Upland Waders
Blanket Bog
Heather Moorland
Upland Hay Meadow
Start date
July 2004
End date
December 2007
Funded by
Natural England, North Pennines AONB Partnership, Northern Rock Foundation, Leader Plus
Who to contact for further information
David Morris
Project Officer
Telephone: 01830 530137
david.morris@rspb.org.uk
