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Tattered and Torn: Changing Hedgerows of Britain |
| Section: CULTURE / CROSSROADS |
| Author: Bryan and Cherry Alexander |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 6/1/1991 |
| Size: 4,058 Words, 23,871 Characters |
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What could seem more natural than the gentle network of hedges and small woodlands that lies across much of the most beautiful parts of the British Isles? But now this net, seemingly thrown by some celestial fisherman, is tattered and torn. Indeed, some believe that ours may be the last generation to enjoy its beauty.
But the hedgerows are not natural features; they are part of the manmade landscape, evidence of a working field environment that may have been in use as long as five thousand years. As such, they are always in a state of evolution. However, since the end of the Second World War, the hedgerows have seemingly been under attack. A report by the Countryside Commission and Hunting Technical Services estimates that the length of hedgerows in England and Wales was reduced by a...
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...ip is kept free from chemicals, insects would survive in sufficient numbers to support a healthy population of young partridge and pheasants. In persuading the farmer to improve the game yields on his farm, there will be many other benefits: Wildflowers, whose seeds have lain dormant in the hedge banks, bloom again and songbirds and butterflies of the woodland edge will become more plentiful.
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