TE5: Supplement for use of individual tree-shelters

How much you’llwill be paid paid

£2.43 per unit.

HowWhere thisto supplementuse benefitsthis the environmentitem

UsingIt’s treeavailable sheltersfor protectsCountryside young,Stewardship establishingHigher treesTier, Mid fromTier, damage by browsing animals.

This item can help you protect, recover and improveCapital biodiversity on your land.Grants:

Where you can use this supplement 

You can only use this item either:

• asonly a supplement to the tree planting capital item TE4: Supply and plant tree
• with Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) approval as a supplement to TE4- for example, planting tree shelter belts,belts or inpig/poultry livestock housing or in free rangeranging areas for pigimproving or poultry free ranging areas to improve air qualityquality)
• toonly protecton trees planted using AF1: Plant an agroforestry woodland tree and AF2CS PlantCapital anGrants agroforestry fruit tree as part of an in-field agroforestry system
• In a Countrysidesupplement Stewardshipto Higherthe Tiertree agreementplanting alongside these capital items:
• FG1item - FencingTE4
• FG2

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FG7own -or Anti-predatorwith combinationany fencing

FG8other -option, Anti-predatorsupplement temporaryor electricitem fencing

FG9other -than Deeritem fencing

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environment

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What you must do to use this supplementRequirements

You must:

• put up a tree shelter immediately after the tree is planted
• make sure each shelter is flush with the ground to keep out small animals such as mice and voles
• secure each shelter with a 25 millimetre(mm)-by-25mmmillimetres (mm) by 25mm wooden stakes,stake, placed in an upright position
• check shelters regularly, maintaining them until the tree or shrub is established
• design and support the shelters so they last for at least 5 years
• dispose or recycle shelters and stakes according to relevant waste disposal regulations

The shelter protects trees from grazing animals and the height of the animal determines which shelter to use.use, Forfor example,example for:

• roe, muntjac or Chinesechinese water deer use 1.21.2m metres (m) shelters
• fallow, red or sika deer use 1.8m shelters
• hares and rabbits use 1.2m tree shelter or smaller if available

EvidenceKeeping you must keep records

You must keep the following records and providesupply them on request:request.

• anyAny consents or permissions connected with the work
• receiptedReceipted invoices, or bank statements where a receipted invoice is unavailable

ReadThe detailed requirements for this item will be tailored to the planting site. If you are applying for Higher Tier, you should discuss and agree these requirements with your adviser.

Please see the record keeping and siteinspection visit requirements as set out in the Agreementrelevant holder’sMid guide:Tier, Higher Tier or Capital Grants,Grants Higherguidance Tierfor capitalmore grantsdetail. andYou Protectioncan find the latest guidance at Countryside Stewardship: get funding to protect and Infrastructureimprove grantsthe land you manage.

Biodiversity

This item has been identified as being beneficial for morebiodiversity. information.All Countryside Stewardship habitat creation, restoration and management options are of great significance for biodiversity recovery, as are the wide range of arable options in the scheme. Capital items and supplements can support this habitat work depending on the holding’s situation and potential.