WBD1: Manage ponds
What is WBD1?
WBD1 is an action under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme. It pays £257 per year for manage ponds.
What do I need to do?
Manage the pond to achieve its aim, including:
Control scrub around the pond edge by lightly cutting or grazing to encourage semi-aquatic vegetation.
* Avoid livestock trampling and poaching the pond edge.
* You must not deepen or change the pond’s original profile, artificially introduce plants or animals (including fish or waterfowl), allow supplementary feeding of fish, feed waterfowl (try to discourage if public access), or add dyes to the water.
You must manage the pond in a way that can reasonably be expected to achieve this action’s aim, including:
What evidence do I need?
You must keep evidence to show what you’ve done to complete this action, such as:
pond management operations at a land parcel level and associated invoices
photographs and other documentation
If it’s not clear that you’ve done this action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve its aim, we may ask for this evidence. You must supply the evidence if we ask for it.
You must keep evidence to show what you’ve done to complete this action, such as:
How much does WBD1 pay?
WBD1 pays £257 per year.
Which land is eligible?
An eligible pond for this action must be: more than 25 square metres up to 2ha (at the point you apply for an SFI agreement) under your management control – this includes the whole of the pond edge and the water in the pond The following ponds are not eligible for this action: ponds used for wastewater, treated effluent discharge activities or road drainage sediment ponds, basins, traps or lagoons balancing ponds ponds which are largely or fully synthetically lined * ponds which are
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This information is provided by Farmwalk based on published government guidance. Always check the latest guidance on GOV.UK.