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Hedge management photos

Bank restoration

Hedgebank Restoration prior to replanting

Hedgebank restoration

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Hedgebank Restoration prior to replanting

Hedgebank restoration

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Creating the underlying earth bank for a new hedge, Locks Park Farm, Hatherleigh, West Devon

New bank

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Rebuilding hedge bank following pipeline laying, near Hatherleigh, West Devon

Bank restoration

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Condition

A hedge in favourable condition

Favourable condition

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Example of a hedge in unfavourable condition

Unfavourable condition

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Hedgerow in unfavourable condition

Unfavourable condition

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Coppicing

Coppiced hedge

Coppicing

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Coppiced hedge

Coppicing

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Coppicing mature hawthorn hedgerow in the Chilterns

Coppicing hedgerow

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Coppiced mature hawthorn stools in hedgerow, Chilterns

Coppicing hedgerow

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Coppiced mature hawthorn stools in hedgerow, Chilterns

Coppicing hedgerow

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Coppice stool, Emily Ledder, Natural England

Coppice stool

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Cutting

Blackthorn flowering on the uncut side of a hedge near Northlew, West Devon

Half-cut hedge

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Hawthorn flowering only on uncut hedgerows at Monks Wood experimental site

Cutting comparison

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Good berry crop on 5 to 6 year old hawthorn branches, West Devon

Hawthorn berries

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Effects of flail cutting 5 year-old growth on species-rich hedge with much hazel and willow, Locks Park Farm, West Devon

Cutting old growth

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Hedge cut on one side only, near Hatherleigh, West Devon

Half-cut hedge

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Flail mower head in operation, Locks Park Farm, West Devon

Hedge cutting

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Flail mower in operation, cutting hedge with 5 years growth in late September, Locks Park Farm, West Devon

Hedge cutting

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Flail mower in operation, cutting hedge with 3 years growth in late September, Locks Park Farm, West Devon

Hedge cutting

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Flail mower in operation, cutting hedge with 3 years growth in late September, Locks Park Farm, West Devon

Hedge cutting

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Shaping saw

Shaping saw

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Effects of flail cutting 5 year-old growth of willow, Locks Park Farm, West Devon

Cutting old growth

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Hedge trimming with reciprocal blade attachment, Nigel Adams

Hedge cutter

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Hedge trimming with reciprocal blade attachment, Nigel Adams

Hedge cutter

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Hedge trimmer with circular-saw attachement, Mark Darbyshire, Natural England

Circular-saw trimmer

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Hedge trimmer with circular-saw attachement, Mark Darbyshire, Natural England

Circular-saw trimmer

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Close up of woody growth following cutting with circular-saw blade attachement, mark Darbyshire, Natural England

Hedge trimming

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Hedge trimmer with reciprocal blade attachement, Emily Ledder, Natural England

Hedge cutter

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Hedge trimmer with reciprocal blade attachement, Emily Ledder, Natural England

Hedge cutter

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Hedge trimming with tractor mounted flail in October, Rob Wolton

Hedge trimming

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Hedge following trimming with a flail, Nigel Adams

Flailed hedge

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Laying

Hedgelaying in Bowes

Hedgelaying

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Hedgelaying near Lancaster County Durham

Hedgelaying

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Cumbrian style laid hedge in Brampton

Laid hedge

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Cumbrian style laid hedge in Brampton

Laid hedge

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Cumbrian style laid hedge in Brampton

Laid hedge

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Cumbrian style laid hedge in Motherby 5 years after laying

Laid hedge

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Laid hedge in Bowes one year after laying

Laid hedge

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Burning unwanted branches, etc, after laying a hedge, Locks Park Farm, Devon

Hedge bonfire

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Burning unwanted branches, etc, after laying a hedge, Locks Park Farm, Devon

Hedge bonfire

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Newly laid Devon hedge, Locks Park Farm, Devon

Hedge laying

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Tom Hynes laying a Devon hedge at Dartington, in October 2005

Hedge laying

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Laying a hedge at the National Hedgelaying Society competition, Leicestershire, October 2007

Hedge laying

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Mick Jones driving in a crook to hold steepers, Devon-syle hedgelaying, National Hedgelaying Championships, Leics, October 2007

Hedge laying

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Judging a layed hedge at the National Hedgelaying Championships, Leicestershire, October 2007

Hedge laying

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Hedge layed in Midland Bullock style, National Hedgelaying Championships, Leics, October 2007

Hedge laying

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Top binding a Midlands style hedge, National Hedgelaying Championships, Leics, October 2007

Hedge laying

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Stack of firewood coming from layed hedge, Locks Park Farm, Devon

Hedge firewood

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Recently layed hedge in the Midland style, Emily Ledder, Natural England

Layed hedge

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Top binding on hedge layed in the South of England style, Emily Ledder, Natural England

Top binding

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Close up of hedge layed in the Midlands style, Emily Ledder, Natural England

Hedge laying

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Close up of hedge layed in the Midlands style, Emily Ledder, Natural England

Hedge laying

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Securing stakes on a hedge layed in the Midlands style, Emily Ledder, Natural England

Hedge laying

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Securing stakes on a hedge layed in the Midlands style, Emily Ledder, Natural England

Hedge laying

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Securing stakes on a hedge layed in the Midlands style, Emily Ledder, Natural England

Hedge laying

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Hedge layed in the Midland style, Emily Ledder, Natural England

Midland hedgelaying

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Margins

Uncut grassland margin, with soft rush,alongside hedge, Locks Park Farm, Devon

Hedge margin

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Bramble margin to species-rich hedge at Locks Park Farm, Hatherleigh. Bramble used by dormice for nesting

Hedge margin

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Wildflowers in sown margin near hedge at Grange Farm (RSPB), Cambridgeshire, Knapweed and ox-eye daisy are main flowers.

Hedge margin

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Planting

Coppiced and replanted hedgerow - image Durham Hedgerow Partnership

Coppicing

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Hedge Planting with Organic Mulch - image Durham Hedgerow Partnership

Hedge planting

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Hedge Planting with sheet mulch - image Durham Hedgerow Partnership

Hedge planting

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Hedge Planting with sheet mulch - image Durham Hedgerow Partnership

Hedge planting

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Hedge Planting - image Durham Hedgerow Partnership

Hedge planting

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Hedge Planting - image Durham Hedgerow Partnership

Hedge planting

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Hedgerow Re-establishment - image Durham Hedgerow Partnership

Hedge re-establishment

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Hedgerow Re-establishment - image Durham Hedgerow Partnership

Hedge re-establishment

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New hedge planted two or three years ago, young trees protected by rabbit spirals, near Studley, Warwickshire

Hedge planting

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Freshly planted hedge in the Chilterns. Whips protected by rabbit spirals.

Hedge planting

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Newly planted hedge with mesh guards and mulch, James Le Page, Natural England

Hedge planting

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Hedge plant with good fibrous roots, Emily Ledder, Natural England

Hedge planting

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New hedge plants being planted from bags, Emily Ledder, Natural England

Hedge planting

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Slot planting method, Emily Ledder, Natural England

Slot planting

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