1. Conservation & biodiversity best practice examples Hugh Lowe Farms Ltd

2. Biodiversity best practice : 1 Allow wide headland and grassy field margin and keep tracks from wandering by not driving on them in poor conditions; Strakes, West Peckham

3. Biodiversity best practice : 2 Clear ditches one side only every 5 years; Goose Green

4. Biodiversity best practice : 3 Create new habitats such as pond at Bull Farm

5. Biodiversity best practice : 4 Diverse field margin & windbreak with track below - Seven Acre & Adams Well

6. Biodiversity best practice : 5 Diverse flora in ditch at Goose Green

7. Biodiversity best practice : 6 Do not drive on field margins, keep to tracks; Nine Acre, West Peckham

8. Biodiversity best practice : 7 Drill game cover in April, preserve grassy field margin; Arnolds Bank (hedge removed by neighbour), West Peckham

9. Biodiversity best practice : 8 Drill grass & pollen-nectar mix for beetle banks in April; Pedlam Brook, West Peckham (Weald Way on right)

10. Biodiversity best practice : 9 Drill only native species of grass in raspberry alleys, Seven Acre, West Peckham

11. Biodiversity best practice : 10 Ensure honey bees and other pollinators healthy and numerous; honey bee hives, Court Lodge, East Peckham

12. Biodiversity best practice : 11 Establish floating islands for wildfowl on reservoirs; Peckham Place

13. Biodiversity best practice : 12 Establish new windbreaks, Adams Well, West Peckham

14. Biodiversity best practice : 13 Spring cropping, grassy field margin and track - Arnolds Bank (hedge removed by neighbour), West Peckham

15. Biodiversity best practice : 14 Hedge management - encourage establishment of grassy margin; 5 year old hedge, Gravelly Bank, Mereworth

16. Biodiversity best practice : 15 Hedge management at Kent Street Mereworth; cut hedges between Sept - Feb, leave hedgerow trees.

17. Biodiversity best practice : 16 Hedgerow trees allowed to grow up - Forge Lane, West Peckham

18. Biodiversity best practice : 17 Identify and leave undisturbed any badger setts; Strakes, Goose Green

19. Biodiversity best practice : 18 Investigate cover crops; Reservoir Field, Mereworth, incorporating Caliente mustard

20. Biodiversity best practice : 19 Keep leaves on overwintering strawberry plants and remove in spring, to provide winter habitat for invertebrates and farmland birds especially skylarks; Goose Green

21. Biodiversity best practice : 20 Keep wide field margin and established headlands in arable crops following after strawberries; Highlands, Mereworth

22. Biodiversity best practice : 21 Leave dead trees as habitat for invertebrates & fungi; Highlands, Mereworth

23. Biodiversity best practice : 22 Leave lapwing habitat undisturbed as uncropped area at Stanfords, Goose Green

24. Biodiversity best practice : 23 Liaise with landlord over maintenance of coppiced woodland; Aerodrome, Latters Farm, 2007

25. Biodiversity best practice : 24 Look after small uncropped areas with a light touch - uncropped orchard, West Peckham

26. Biodiversity best practice : 25 Maintain beetle banks in following arable crops; Pylon, West Peckham

27. Biodiversity best practice : 26 Maintain diverse grassy field margins at woodland edges; Highwoods Bank, Bull Farm with pheasant

28. Biodiversity best practice : 27 Maintain grassy alleys in established raspberries; Jubilee 1, Bull Farm

29. Biodiversity best practice : 28 Top grass areas around reservoirs after July 15th, once per year; small reservoir West Peckham

30. Biodiversity best practice : 29 Manage wet meadows by topping once per year and preventing scrub taking over; Peckham Place reservoir & Bee Field

31. Biodiversity best practice : 30 Maintain diverse understory in copses; School Wood, Mereworth

32. Biodiversity best practice : 31 Monitor and record wildlife signs - owl pellets beneath tunnel hoops, Strakes, Goose Green April 08

33. Biodiversity best practice : 32 Monitor birds with RSPB; Peckham Place reservoir; geese, tufted duck, cormorant, mallard, coot; April 09

34. Biodiversity best practice : 33 Promote rotations suitable for farmland birds; lapwing, Hazelwood, West Peckham

35. Biodiversity best practice : 34 Monitor plant diversity - water mint at Peckham Place reservoir

36. Biodiversity best practice : 35 Plant new hedges with mixed native species, keep weeds down with hedgeplant guards ; new reservoir, West Peckham

37. Biodiversity best practice : 36 Preserve grassy margin next to windbreaks; Adams Well, West Peckham (uncropped bank & nut platt beyond)

38. Biodiversity best practice : 37 Protect lime avenue by not driving on margins and mulching round trees to conserve moisture; Sheepshed, Mereworth

39. Biodiversity best practice : 38 Protect newly planted trees with rabbit guards & plant mix of native species; Plum Wood, Mereworth

40. Biodiversity best practice : 39 Provide wide spaces between tunnels where space allows to allow wildlife movement; Goose Green

41. Biodiversity best practice : 40 Record wildlife sightings - Julie's picking group found grass snake skin, Mote Field, Peckham Place

42. Biodiversity best practice : 41 Re-establish wide field margin with tussocky grasses - after removal of hop garden, Bull Farm

43. Biodiversity best practice : 42 Restore degraded habitats such as pond at Stanfords, Goose Green

44. Biodiversity best practice : 43 Site nest boxes appropriately; Kiln Field, Mereworth

45. Biodiversity best practice : 44 Sow native grass species under table tops - White Gates

46. Biodiversity best practice : 45 Use ICM principles for crop protection - pheromone trap to monitor pest populations; Jubilee 2, Bull Farm

47. Biodiversity best practice : 46 Where there is space, make field margins wider and do not drive close to hedges; Goose Green

48. Biodiversity best practice : 47 Widen bridle ways where appropriate; Piggery, West Peckham

49. Biodiversity best practice : 48 Windbreak management - cut to 4-5m, leaving cones on lateral branches for birds especially yellowhammers; alder windbreak - Seven Acre, West Peckham

50. Biodiversity best practice : 49 Mark and leave undisturbed any nests within crop - nest in covered strawberry crop at Stanfords, June 09. Fledged June 25 th .

51. Biodiversity best practice : 50 Mark and leave undisturbed any nests within crop - nest in coir bag in tunneled strawberry crop on table tops at White Gates June 2009.

52. Biodiversity best practice : 51 Monitor wildlife sightings: fox snoozing amongst raspberry canes, successional tunnels