Habitats For Beneficial Insects
Many different habitats exist on farmed land. These habitats differ in the resources they offer wildlife and there is substantial opportunity to improve their value through sympathetic management. Different habitats not only provide resources for a wider variety of species, but they can also help provide the variety of resources a single species requires throughout its lifespan. For example, insect pollinators may forage on blossoming hedgerows in spring, moving to flower-rich field margins in the summer, always returning to their nesting site in tussocky undisturbed field margins between foraging visits. If we think of habitats like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, all interconnecting and working together in a specific way to provide the full picture; farmland that is thriving with biodiversity.

Hedgerow Habitats for Beneficial Insects
The Benefit of Hedgerow Habitats for Beneficial Insects

Ancient Wood Pasture
Ancient Wood Pasture

Water Margins
The Multiple Benefits of Water Margins

Species Rich Grassland
Species Rich Grassland Habitats

Wetlands
What's the Buzz about Wetlands?

Arable Fields & Crops
Who's Living in Your Arable Field?
- Find out more in our Natural Predators webpages.
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