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Low Weald

Low Weald

Landscape Character Type and Key habitats

  • Well wooded agricultural landscape, well-developed hedgerows
  • Ponds and streams

Actions for nature

  • Conserve and manage hedgerows and replant to restore hedgerow network, improve connectivity
  • Manage woodlands and wood pasture to increase species and age diversity and seek opportunities to extend and connect

Nature-friendly actions

  • Increase species diversity of semi improved grasslands
  • Create wildflower meadows
  • Conserve, Restore and create ponds and hammer ponds
  • Monitor and control invasive non-native species
  • Create arable margins and pollinator species corridors
  • Maintain winter cover, feed crops or stubbles
  • Create buffer strips to water courses, hedgerows and woodland edges

Key sensitivities

  • Irregular mosaic of fields, hedges, ancient woodlands and wood pasture
  • Strong hedgerow network
  • Streams and ponds including larger historic hammer ponds

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