AB9
Wild bird seed mixes: suitable for Mid-Tier AB9 (£853/ha)
STEWARDSHIP MIXES
GAME MIX 109
- A traditional ‘game cover’ type mix
- Provides food and cover
- Suitable for a wide range of sites
- Contains mustard, fodder radish, Spitfire kale rape, phacelia, quinoa, camelina, buckwheat, reed millet and sunflower
- Seed treatment – recleaned only
- Bag size – 8kg (half hectare)
GAME MIX 313
- A very good holding and driving cover for the South
- Sunflowers add colour and finch food
- Grain sorghum and reed millet deliver warm cover right throughout the winter
- Seed treatment – recleaned only
- Bag size – 20kg (hectare)
GAME MIX 416
- Fantastic all-round game cover for areas that can grown sorghum
- Stands throughout the winter and provides large amounts of food for game and songbirds
- Most popular annual game mix
- Sprayable for broadleaf weeds
- Contains spring triticale, spring barley, spring wheat, linseed, dwarf grain sorghum, red, white and reed millet
- Seed treatment – Redigo Pro (spring cereals)
- Bag size – 25kg (half hectare)...
OAKBANK FEED & FLUSH
- Truly winter hardy mix providing warm, dry habitat and lots of food
- Providing the kale establishes well it can be left for a second year
- Inclusion of millet and sorghum restrict it to less severe climates
- Contains Astera kale, spring triticale, white red and reed millet, fodder radish camelina, dwarf grain sorghum, quinoa
- Seed treatment – Redigo Pro (spring triticale)
- Bag size – 20kg (half hectare)
OAKBANK ELEVATION MIX
- Feed and Flush for the north of the UK, and more exposed sites
- Very warm and winter hardy mix that also provides natural food
- Good kale establishment means it can be left for a second year
- Contains Astera / Gruner kale, Goldeneye kale, Spitfire kale rape, linseed, spring triticale, camelina, quinoa, mustard, fodder radish.
- Seed treatment – Redigo Pro (spring triticale)
- Bag size – 20kg (half hectare)
OAKBANK GRASS WEED BUSTER
- Developed as a mix which you can tackle grass weed problems such as couch, barnyard grass and foxtail millet
- Suitable for late sowing (late July) so stale seedbeds can be easily attained
- Can be sprayed post-emergence with most graminicides
- Provides good winter cover and food
- Can be mixed with kale and/or chicory to provide two-year crop
- Contains buckwheat, camelina, fodder radish, forage rape, quinoa, mustard
- Seed treatment – recleaned only
- Bag size – 15kg (hectare)
CORN BUNTING MIX
- Designed by the RSPB specifically for corn buntings
- Contains spring barley, spring triticale, mustard, red clover, fodder radish, white millet and camelina
- Seed treatment – Redigo Pro (barley and triticale)
- Bag size – 25kg (half hectare)
TREE SPARROW MIX
- Another targeted mix containing species favoured by the tree sparrow
- Contains spring triticale, spring wheat, quinoa, white and red millet, forage rape
- Seed treatment – Redigo (wheat and triticale)
- Bag size – 25kg (half hectare)
FARMLAND BIRD MIX
- A more generalist wild bird seed mix providing some insect interest as well
- Lots of winter food
- Can be mixed with kale to produce a two-year crop
- Contains spring triticale, spring barley, white, red and reed millet, mustard, fodder radish, phacelia, quinoa
- Seed treatment – Redigo Pro (barley and triticale)
- Bag size – 25kg (half hectare)
SOIL, BEES & SEEDS MIX
- Contains buckwheat, camelina, crimson clover, forage rape, linseed, mustard, phacelia, quinoa, SMART radish, sunflowers, white millet
- Seed treatment – recleaned only
- Bag size – 20kg (hectare)
AHL2 WINTER BIRD FOOD
- A simple one year mix to meet the requirements of this SFI option
- Needs to be sown by mid-June at the latest
- Not intended as a game cover mix, but lots of food through the winter months
- Contains spring wheat, spring triticale, white millet, red millet, linseed and mustard
- Seed treatment – Recleaned Only
- Bag size – 20kg (half hectare)