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Creating corridors for wildlife and biodiversity across the Island
The National Trust for Jersey and The Jersey Royal Company have joined forces to plant hedgerow corridors throughout the Island.
Over 30 species of bird and other wildlife in the Island rely on hedges for nesting and the RSPB reports show that hedgerows support up to 80% of woodland birds, 50% of mammals and up to 30% of butterfly species.
Hedgerows near ditches and streams also provide valuable habitats for amphibians. In terms of mitigating climate change, a well-managed 100m length of mature hedgerow has the potential to sequester or store up to 120kg of CO2 per year, contributing to the Island’s aim of becoming carbon neutral by 2030, and ‘net-zero’ by 2050.
Jersey’s rural landscape consists of small fields bordered by hedgerows, but in some cases these hedgerows have been lost over time. This project is creating valuable wildlife corridors, shelter belts and landscape enhancement through newly planted boundaries, joined up and re-instated hedgerows.