It is important to maintain healthy regrowth in pastures with periodic topping. We seem to get all the steep-sided work no-one else will contemplate…!

Then there are your hedgerows to manage. These should be trimmed back annually to ensure the hedge structure remains tight; smaller birds prefer this for safety from the increasing numbers of birds of prey.

Ditches should also be cut out and cleaned regularly (cut at least annually, and dredged according to silting and flood risk). Besides, if you have field drainage, a blocked ditch will stop these from working.