Conservation headland
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A Conservation headland is a strip down the edge of a cereal crop in which pesticides have been sprayed only in a selective manner. This is done to increase the number of weed and insect species present, which benefits the bird species that depend on them. The Grey Partridge is one such bird. Conservation headlands were introduced in the 1980s by scientists working for the Game Conservancy Trust in Great Britain. Trials have also taken place in Southern Sweden.
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