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Home // Key species and habitats // Water voles // Current water vole friendly agri-environment schemes

Current water vole friendly agri-environment schemes

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, please visit the relevant scheme’s website for more information and details.

England (Countryside Stewardship Scheme)

1. Livestock management beside water courses

SW11 – Riparian management strip
SW9 – Seasonal livestock removal on intensive grassland
SW10 – Seasonal livestock removal on grassland in SDA next to streams, rivers and lakes
LV5 – Pasture pumps and associated pipework

2. Buffer strips

SW2 – 4-6m buffer strip on intensive grassland
SW1 – 4-6m buffer strip on cultivated land
WT1 – Buffering in-field ponds and ditches in improved grassland
WT2 – Buffering in-field ponds and ditches on arable land

3. Sympathetic watercourse and ditch management

SW11 – Riparian management strip
WT3 – Management of ditches of high environmental value
TE10 – Coppicing Bank-side trees

4. Restoring, recreating and managing wetland habitats

SW12 – Making space for water
WN3 – Ditch, dyke and rhine restoration
WT7 – Creation of reedbed
WT9 – Creation of fen

Wales (Glastir)

1. Livestock management beside water courses

Option 7A Create a streamside corridor on improved land on one side of a watercourse
Option 7B Create a streamside corridor on improved land on both sides of a watercourse
Option 36 Buffering existing unfenced in field ponds

2. Buffer strips

Option 7A Create a streamside corridor on improved land on one side of a watercourse
Option 7B Create a streamside corridor on improved land on both sides of a watercourse
Option 36 Buffering existing unfenced in field ponds

3. Sympathetic watercourse and ditch management

Option 8 Continued management of existing streamside corridor
Option 173 Streamside Corridor Management

4. Restoring, recreating and managing wetland habitats

Option 173 Streamside Corridor Management
Option 913 Soft engineering of River Banks
Option 145 Fen restoration (no grazing)
Option 147 Reedbed – creation
Option 146 Reedbed – stock exclusion
Option 564 Pond creation
Option 565 Pond restoration

Scotland (Scottish Agri-Environment Climate Scheme)

1. Livestock management beside water courses

Water Margins in Grassland Fields
Stock Fence
Alternative Watering

2. Buffer strips

Water Margins in Arable Fields
Water Margins in Grassland Fields
Creation of Grass Strips and Water Margins in Arable Fields

3. Sympathetic watercourse and ditch management

Restoring (Protecting) River Banks

4. Restoring, recreating and managing wetland habitats

Restoring (Protecting) River Banks
Wetland Management
Rural Sustainable Drainage Systems – Pond