Abstract from BTO Research Report No. 482:

N. Carter (2007)

Lark Rise Farm, Barton, Cambridgeshire (Plot 157) The Countryside Restoration Trust Report on Breeding Birds 2005 ISBN 978-1-906204-25-9

INTRODUCTION

In 2005, the seventh successive annual census of the breeding bird community supportred by Lark Rise Farm was completed. As in previous years, an ongoing crop rotatopn programme was maintained, with cereals as the dominant crop type with winter wheat covering almost half the total area and spring barley a further 11%. There were also spring beans and linseed (10%) as well as grass cut for hay (9%) and 4% natural regeneration, fallow/weedy rotational set-aside (4%) and some woodland (see Appendix 11, Habitat summary Form). No new habitat features were introduced although the cultivated margin strips were replaced by grass margins. An updated, colour Habitat Map, greatly enhanced the interpretation of the study.

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