Welsh Government has published guidance to those that enter the Habitat Scheme for 2024.
Scheme participants will be required to maintain an activity diary for each parcel of land that has been included in the contract as habitat land or eligible permanent grassland being managed as habitat land.
The activity diary must, include as a minimum:
- Record of any topping.
- Record of hay meadow closure and cutting dates.
- Applications of any lime.
- Application of any necessary pesticides.
- Traditional field boundary maintenance.
- Any activity on the habitat land in your contract on any given day of the year.
- For habitat categories with grazing management requirements, you must record date livestock introduced and date livestock removed or reduced.
The Activity Diary and guidance can be found at: