DescriptionBeetle Bank - geograph.org.uk - 150020.jpg
English: Beetle Bank This is an example of a change in farming practice due to . alteration to agricultural subsidies. In the past hedges would be grubbed up to gain maximum return. Now it has become more economic for farmers leave a fallow strip around a field as a beetle bank allowing invertebrates to live and provide food for birds and other animals. Also the strip means that herbicides and pesticides are less likely to damage the wildlife in the hedgerows. The photo was taken from the side of the B1023.
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