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Conservation
considerations have driven our business decisions throughout
the 30 years we've been at Burwash Manor.
Historically, Burwash Manor has had no woodland that
we know of, and what few trees we had were mostly Elms
that were all lost in the 1970s, to Dutch Elm Disease.
So we've been busy ...
Several thousand yards of new hedgerow have been set,
many hundreds of trees have been planted in over a dozen
small spinney's scattered across the (previously treeless)
farm, and several miles of flower rich tussocky grass
strips have been established. A network of permissive
paths now allows the public into our farm.
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We now have two pairs of barn owls
and lapwings nesting on the farm after many years
absence.
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These measures, plus many others,
have lead (against the national trend) to increasing
numbers of all the birds that we worry about; skylark,
corn bunting, English partridge, yellow hammer, hobby
etc. We now have two pairs of barn owls and lapwings nesting
on the farm after many years absence. Burwash Manor
Farm has received a number of awards in recognition
of these achievements.
In 2000, the farm became certified as an organic farm
and for the past three years Burwash Manor has been part
of the Higher Level Stewardship Scheme. HLS has helped
to fund our newest and one of our most important wildlife
assets, a pond and wetland complex aimed at providing
new dragonfly habitat.
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