New Hedge in Pudding Lane
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New Hedge in Pudding Lane
Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 27 Feb 2013
When I was a nipper I remember the hedges round here being grubbed up, encouraged by the policies and financial incentives of the Ministry of Agriculture. Today in order to qualify for the Higher Level Stewardship Scheme subsidies hedges are in fashion once more http://www.naturalengland.gov.uk/ourwork/farming/funding/es/hls/default.aspx Here volunteers from The Essex Wildlife Trust http://www.essexwt.org.uk/ Groundworks UK http://www.groundwork.org.uk/ and staff from Anglian Water are just completing a days work replanting the hedge with a mixture of native species. This is part of the four Parishes Living Landscapes Project http://www.essexwt.org.uk/news/four_parishes_hedgerow_project/ that aims to restore four kilometres of hedgerow to provide a wildlife corridor between the dormice populations on Image and Image The landowners get free trees and labour in exchange for a commitment to maintain the new hedge. See the start of the days toil at Image and the results of a previous sortie at Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.839091
Longitude
0.824038