TE7: Tree guard (wood post and rail)

wood pasture and parkland (Higher Tier only)
• [ORH1:WD7 Manage- traditionalManagement orchards]of successional areas and scrub
• [CHRW2: WD8 Manage- hedgerows]Creation of successional area and scrub (Higher Tier only)
• [WOD1:WD10 Manage- Management of upland wood pasture and parkland]parkland
• WD11 - Restoration of upland wood pasture and parkland (Higher Tier only)
• WD12: Creation of upland wood pasture (Higher Tier Only)

Related Mid Tier items

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• TE1 in-field- agroforestryPlanting trees.
  standard hedgerow tree
• TE3 - Planting fruit trees
• TE2 - Planting standard parkland tree (Higher Tier only)

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YouWith cannotthe usefollowing this item with:items:

• TE6:TE6 - Tree guard (tube and mesh)
• TE8:TE8 - Tree guard (wood post and wire)

How this item benefitswill benefit the environment

ThisIf successful this item protectswill protect trees from damage caused by grazing animals and wild animals.

What you must do to use this itemRequirements

• You must erect tree guards at least 2m high which have:

  • 4 treated timber corner posts
  • 5cm diameter top and middle rails
  • a bottom rail if grazing animals are likely to get underneath the guard
  • posts placed so that grazing animals cannot reach within 0.5m of the tree stem
  • a single strand of barbed wire along the top rail to prevent animals rubbing against the guard

  You must also:

  • fasten

    sheep netting (oror 3 strands of taut plain or barbed wire)wire should be fastened:

    • to the corner posts between the middle and top rails, and rails
    • between the middle rail and the bottom rail
  • use sheep netting instead of barbed wire between the middle rail and the bottom rail if sheep are likely to graze the parcel

  • the design of the tree guard tomust allow access forfor:

    • carrying out formative pruning, pruning
    • applying mulcha and mulch
    • clearing vegetation around the base of each tree

  YouDo must not:

  • fasten guards to the tree
  • attach guards so that they rub against, constrict or the damage the tree in any other way

  EvidenceKeeping you must keeprecords

  YouAgreement mustholders keepwill photographsneed ofto keep the completedfollowing workrecords and providesupply them with your claim.

  You must also keep and provide on request:

  • any consents or permissions connected with the work
  • receipted invoices, or bank statements where a receipted invoice is unavailable
  • photographs of existing trees to be protected

  Please see the record keeping and siteinspection visit requirements as set out in the Agreementrelevant holder’sMid guide:Tier Capitaland Grants, Higher Tier capitalguidance grants,for andmore Protectiondetail. You can find the latest guidance at Countryside Stewardship: get funding to protect and Infrastructureimprove grantsthe forland moreyou information.manage.

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  Agreement itemsholders andwill actionsneed youto cankeep usethe following records and supply them with thisthe item

  claim:

  Capital

  • photographs of the completed work

  Related Mid Tier items

  YouThis item can usebe thisused itemwith with:the following items:

  • TE1:TE1 - Planting standard hedgerow tree
  • TE3 - Planting fruit trees
  • TE2:TE2 - Planting standard parkland tree (Higher Tier only)
  • TE3:

  Further Plantinginformation

  Read fruitCountryside treesStewardship: get funding to protect and improve the land you manage

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