Buffer Strips SW codes

Use this option for Beetle Banks AB3:

• Provides nesting and foraging habitats for, insects, bumblebees, small mammals and farmland birds.
• Dense cover providing warm and dry areas for invertebrates and pollinators
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB3 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW7 SW8
• Contains: 30% Timothy, 5% Hard fescue, 20% Tall fescue, 35% Strong Creeping red fescue, 10% Chewing's fescue
• Sowing rate: 20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use this option for Beetle Banks AB3:

• Provides nesting and foraging habitats for insects, bumblebees, small mammals and some farmland birds
• Dense, tussocky cover provides warm, dry areas for invertebrates and pollinators
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS): AB3 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW7 SW8 WT1 WT2
• Contains: 25% Timothy, 5% Hard fescue, 10% Cocksfoot, 20% Tall fescue, 40% Strong Creeping red fescue
• Sowing rate: 20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use this mixture for Two Year Sown Legume Fallow Mixture AB15 (2021 onwards):

• Recommended for schemes that begin in 2021 and onwards. For schemes that began in or before 2020, see our CSS6/20 Two Year Sown Legume Fallow Mix
• Includes 30% ryegrass
• Reduces flowering blackgrass and provides an abundant supply of sown pollen and nectar-rich flowers between early and late summer in year 3 and year 5 of the agreement.
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB15 GS8 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 WT1 WT2
• Contains: 35% Vetch, 30% Perennial Ryegrass, 10% Lucerne, 10% Red Clover, 5% Alsike Clover, 5% Crimson Clover, 5% Birds Foot Trefoil
• Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use this mixture for Two Year Sown Legume Fallow Mixture AB15 (2021 onwards):

• Recommended for schemes that begin in 2021 and onwards. For schemes that began in or before 2020, see our CSS6/20 Two Year Sown Legume Fallow Mix
• Reduces flowering blackgrass and provides an abundant supply of sown pollen and nectar-rich flowers between early and late summer in year 3 and year 5 of the agreement.
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB15 GS8 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 WT1 WT2
• Contains: 10% Alsike Clover, 5% Crimson Clover, 5% Birds Foot Trefoil, 50% Common Vetch, 15% Lucerne, 15% Red Clover 
• Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use this mixture for Two Year Sown Legume Fallow Mixture AB15 (2020 or before):

• Recommended for schemes that began in or before 2020. For schemes in 2021 and onwards, see our CSS6/21 Two Year Sown Legume Fallow Mix 
• Reduces flowering blackgrass and provides an abundant supply of sown pollen and nectar-rich flowers between early and late summer in year 3 and year 5 of the agreement.
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB15 GS8 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 WT1 WT2
• Contains: 66% Perennial Ryegrass, 15% Red Clover, 10% Common Vetch, 7% Birdsfoot Trefoil, 2% Common Knapweed
• Sowing rate: 30kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use this mixture for Wildflower Meadows, also suitable for AB8 :

• Provides rich habitat for butterflies, insects, birds & small mammals
• An extended number of species of grass, legumes and wildflowers
• Can be sown on its own or with other wildflower mixtures
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship AB8 GS4 GS8 GS14 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW7 SW8 WT1 WT2
  Contains: 10% Hard fescue, 10% Slender Creeping red fescue, 15% Timothy, 10% Chewing's fescue, 20% Strong Creeping red fescue, 6% Smooth-stalked meadow grass, 4% Sheeps fescue, 1% Tall oatgrass, 1% Meadow foxtail, 10% Red clover, 2% Alsike clover, 1% Ribwort plantain, 2% Bird's foot trefoil, 2% Sainfoin, 1% Yarrow, 1% Self Heal, 1% Ox-eye daisy, 1% Lady's bedstraw, 1% Common Knapweed, 1% Wild carrot
• Previously known as BSWF10
• Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha.

Use this mixture for Legume and Herb-Rich Swards (GS4):

• Suitable to establish a mixed sward of grasses, legumes and herbs and wildflowers in the first 12 months of the agreement
• A vigorous sward with abundant legumes and herbs, suitable for productive cattle and sheep 
• Provides habitat and food for invertebrates and crop pollinators
• Improves soil structure and water infiltration.
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): GS1 GS4 GS8 GS14 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW7 SW8 WT1 WT2  

• Contains:  15% Perennial ryegrass (late), 13% Meadow fescue, 20% Timothy, 5% Smooth-stalked meadow grass, 27% Strong Creeping red fescue, 10% Red clover, 2% Alsike , 0.5% Sheep's parsley, 1.5% Bird's foot trefoil, 5% Sainfoin,  0.5% Sheep's burnet, 0.25% Ribwort plantain, 0.25% Yarrow 
• Sowing rate: 20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg

Use CSS11 Species Rich Grassland Mix for habitat creation:

• Introduce an abundance of high value plant species, with a range of plant heights suitable for invertebrates, birds and small mammals.
• Low maintenance and suitable for light grazing
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB3 
• Contains: 25% Strong Creeping Red Fescue, 15% Meadow Fescue, 8% Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass, 10% Hard Fescue, 2% Yellow Oatgrass, 15% Chewing's Fescue, 6% Sheeps Fescue, 10% Tall Fescue, 5% Highland Bent, 4% Smaller Cats-Tail
• Sowing rate: 20kg/ha  Pack size: 20kg

Use this mixture for Flower-rich Margins and Plots (AB8) to provide:

• Abundant supply of pollen and nectar-rich flowers through summer
• Pollinating and beneficial insects including bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies and hoverflies using these flowers
• Farmland birds such as yellowhammer foraging within or on the edges of the margins and plots 
• Annual production of flowers for the length of the agreement.
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB8 GS8 GS14 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW7 SW8 WT1 WT2 
• Contains: 40% Strong Creeping Red Fescue, 20% Hard Fescue, 5% Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass, 20% Chewings Fescue, 2.5% Red Clover, 0.5% Birdsfoot Trefoil, 0.25% Selfheal, 0.25% Oxeye Daisy, 0.25% Yarrow, 0.5% Ribwort Plantain, 0.5% Crimson Clover, 0.25% Wild Carrot, 5% Sainfoin, 5% Vetch
• Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg