
Helping bird species
If you know which birds are on your farm, then you can find out what they need and how you can help them.
If you know which birds are on your farm, then you can find out what they need and how you can help them.
In this section
Barn owl conservation
The barn owl is primarily a farmland bird, hunting for small mammals over rough grassland and along field edges.

A guide to Cirl bunting
Once a common bird of farmland in southern England, cirl buntings were almost lost from the UK in the 20th century.

Corn bunting conservation
Corn buntings are generally found on open arable and mixed farmland.

Curlew conservation
Curlews breed on open moorland, rough and damp pastures, unimproved hay meadows, and boggy ground.

Grey partridge conservation
The grey partridge can be found in most farming systems except predominantly improved grasslands.

Lapwing conservation
Lapwings can be found on all types of farmland, but are scarcer in purely arable or intensive grassland systems.

Linnet conservation
Linnets are found on farmland wherever there is a plentiful supply of seeds throughout the year.

Pink-footed goose conservation
Internationally-important numbers of pink-footed geese now spend the winter in the UK.

Redshank
The redshank breeds on wet grasslands on upland and lowland farms, and on saltmarshes.

Reed bunting
The reed bunting is found in a wide range of farmland types, but is rare in upland areas.

Ring ouzel
Ring ouzels breed on moorland and often use in-bye grasslands for feeding.

Skylark
The skylark can be found on all types of farm. Densities are highest on lowland arable and mixed farming systems.

Snipe
The snipe breeds in wet flushes on moorland, damp pasture and at the edges of watercourses.

Song thrush
The song thrush is associated with thick hedgerows, native woodland and damp ground, especially grazed pasture.

Tree sparrow
The tree sparrow is generally found on lowland farmland with arable or mixed farming.

Turtle dove
The turtle dove occurs on arable and mixed farmland that offers suitable nesting habitat.

Twite
The twite breeds on moorland fringes in the upland areas of northern England and Scotland.

Yellow wagtail
The yellow wagtail is a summer visitor, arriving in April and leaving in September to winter in sub-Saharan Africa.

Yellowhammer
The yellowhammer is widely distributed on all farmland types. Densities are higher in lowland areas.
