Land Management

Information about land management programs

Barn owls rely very heavily on the short-tailed field vole as their main source of food. These small mammals require areas of tufted (matted) extensively managed grass to be successful. The availability of financial incentives to enable arable farmers to install grass margins around their cropped fields, has significantly increased the area of suitable vole habitat.

A 6m margin around an arable field providing a very useful hunting location for barn owls