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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Beament

Farmers team up with National Trust to create wood pasture for songbirds

The wood pasture scheme aims to benefit birds such as linnets (Nick Upton/National Trust/PA) -

Hundreds of acres of wood pasture habitat are being created in a scheme to boost native songbirds and other wildlife alongside farming.

The National Trust is supporting some of its tenant farmers across Purbeck in Dorset to use funding from the Government’s nature-friendly farming programme to establish 380 hectares (940 acres) of wildlife-rich habitat.

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