Survey Description

Defra is asking every county in England to develop a Local Nature Recovery Strategy.  This will describe where and how the development of habitats could have the greatest benefit for nature. 

The Local Nature Recovery Strategy will be a statutory document and it will guide efforts to conserve and enhance nature.  It will describe:
- Biodiversity priorities
- Potential measures to achieve these
- Areas that are, or could become, of particular ecological importance – this will create a Local Habitat Map

Farmers and landowners are very important to enable the development of a strategy that is feasible and can work at landscape scale across Gloucestershire.  We are keen to involve landowners and farmers to help develop this strategy - please help by sharing information and ideas through this questionnaire.
Please help us by thinking about what wildlife on your farm or land you particularly value and enjoy, and what you are already doing for nature - and would like to do!

Information that you share or upload in this survey will be shared with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (host organisation of Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership), Gloucestershire County Council (Responsible Authority for Local Nature Recovery Strategy), Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records, FWAG SouthWest, National Farmers Union and Country Land and Business Association.  We will maintain personal anonymity and comply with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust's data protection policy https://www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk/privacy-policy.   

Collated and summary results and reporting from this survey, without any personal information, will be shared publicly online as part of news about the development of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy.  For more information please contact nicola.hillary@gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk or lnrs@gloucestershire.gov.uk

To follow the progress of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy keep an eye on this website: https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/planning-and-environment/ecology-and-landscape/a-nature-recovery-strategy-for-gloucestershire/

Thank you for your time in answering this survey!

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* 1. We are collecting contact information so that we can get in touch with you to follow up on your responses if needed.  Please let us know if you would be happy for us to use your contact information in this way?  We would store your contact information for a maximum of 3 years.  You can withdraw your consent at any point by emailing nicola.hillary@gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk.

Are you happy for your contact details to be used by Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, Gloucestershire County Council, Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records, FWAG SouthWest, National Farmers Union or Country Land and Business Association, to contact me in relation to further discussions or questions around the Local Nature Recovery Strategy?

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* 2. Your Name (optional)

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* 3. Your email address (optional)

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* 4. Postcode or name of your location (optional)

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* 5. I am a (please tick all the apply):

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* 6. What are you already doing on your farm - or what would you potentially like to do in the future - to help nature, improve or create habitats, or for other environmental benefits?  The options below are only a short list - there are many other options, so please do describe these under "other".  This will help inform the creation of a deliverable Local Nature Recovery Strategy.

  I am already doing this I might be interested in this in the future
Meadow management through light grazing or late cutting for hay
Conversion of semi-improved grassland to wildflower grassland
Measures in arable fields for farmland birds to nest or feed
Creating wilder field margins
Tree planting or natural tree and scrub regeneration
Creating structural diversity in newer-planted woodlands
Maintaining hedgerows in a thick and tall condition, avoiding trimming during nesting season
Encouraging floodplain meadows or wet woodland to retain water
Creating ponds or scrapes
Creating hedgerow, scrub or woodland corridors alongside rivers and streams
"Leaky dams" and other natural flood management measures in and around rivers
Giving rivers room to behave according to natural processes
Conserving soils and reducing soil runoff, eg through reduced or zero tillage, overwinter stubble or cover crops
Reducing inputs of artificial fertilisers and pesticides
Shifting from more intensive to more extensive livestock systems to reduce carbon and methane emissions
Removing invasive and non-native species
Planting shelterbelts and field trees for shade
Projects to help particular species (please give details under "other")
Don’t know/ not applicable

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* 7. Are you already in a farmer group or cluster?

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* 8. Would you be interested in being part of a farmer group or cluster?

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* 9. We are looking for suggestions for a long-list of Species of Local Significance for Gloucestershire.  Are there any particular species that you would like to propose?  Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records and other local species experts are already compiling ideas including species which are classified as threatened or near threatened.  We're interested to hear what species you think are, or could be, particularly important for Gloucestershire.

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* 10. We would like to ensure the habitat mapping underpinning the Local Nature Recovery Strategy is as accurate as feasible.  If you are happy to do so, please share any existing habitat surveys or management maps and plans by uploading these here.  Alternatively, if you would like to discuss the sharing of documents, or send by email, please email  nicola.hillary@gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk

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* 11. Please tick here to confirm that you are happy for your uploaded documents to be potentially used by Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, Gloucestershire County Council and Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records in relation to the Local Nature Recovery Strategy?

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* 12. If you prefer, you can book a Habimap survey here https://www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk/habimap-farmers-landowners-and-other-land-managers, or get involved in other ELMS mapping trials that are taking place, or give Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust or FWAG permission to download data from LandApp.  Please indicate below if you want to be contacted about these options.

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* 13. The Local Nature Recovery Strategy will include an online map.  If you have ideas about what level of information would be most helpful to you as a farmer, land owner or land manager, please give suggestions.

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* 14. Do you have any other comments?

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