This mixture provides food resources for farmland birds such as tree sparrow and corn bunting as well as a range of nectar feeding insects such as butterflies, bumblebees and solitary bees on arable and mixed farms.
Whilst the mixture is primarily designed to meet the aims of the Countryside Stewardship AB16 action it is also suitable for the AHL2 winter bird food action within the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI).
SFI/CSS compatibility
| Arable crops |
Temp crops |
Horticultural |
Non horticultural |
Improved |
Low input |
| AHL 2 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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| AB16 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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The seed mixtures have been designed to be compatible with a range of actions within the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS) and the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). However, these mixtures are no guarantee of compliance and should therefore be grown and managed in a way that can be reasonably expected to meet the aims of the action.