Farming hedgerow

Creating new and maintaining existing farming hedgerows

This is a large multi-phase tree planting project on top of Newbald Wold where planting is being carried out over two seasons. The project consists of creating new hedges laid along existing field boundaries and repairing “gapping up” sections of existing hedgerow that has suffered damage and loss over time.

This project traverses the top of Newbald Wold, which lies in the South of the Yorkshire Wolds in East Yorkshire.
New planting is on chalk hills, so species selection must take into account geographic sensitivities.
The legacy of hedgerow planting enhances the farming landscape.
Increasing the amount of berry producing species enhances the natural world.

Summary of the project

Humber Forest were approached to see if they could help with the creation of new hedgerow and connecting existing hedgerows across farmland in East Yorkshire.

The project consisted of a number of potential locations spread over the top of Newbald Wold. As part of the planning stage, a Humber Forest project officer visited each of these locations with David (North Newbald Farms Land Manager) so they could assess the potential for new boundary hedges and opportunities for repairs “gapping up” whereby half of an existing hedgerow had been damaged or lost.

Newbald Wold has always been an important farming landscape and this project would enable Humber Forest to work with the farming community to further benefit the landscape.

The landowner and land manager for the farm, wanted to plant new hedgerow and gap up existing for a number of reasons. The hedgerow will not only provide shelter for crops and reduce windspeed and soil erosion but it also helps with grazing livestock by helping to cool cattle and helping to reduce lamb losses.

The landowner was also keen to increase biodiversity in the area by planting berry yielding species to provide food for local wildlife. Humber Forest were able to provide funding for this scheme where in total 2438m of hedgerow was planted, a total of 12,190 trees (new and gapping up) with species including Hawthorn, Blackthorn which will provide berries and Hazel and Field Maple.

Project impact

Natural flood management and water quality: Reduce rainfall impact by mitigating surface water runoff and stabilising soil.

Enhancing wildlife: One of the reasons for the landowner wanting to plant hedgerow across the land was to increase biodiversity. Berry yielding species were planted to provide food for wildlife. Gapping up hedgerow across the farm creates corridors for wildlife and helps to connect habitats.

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