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How much you鈥檒l be paid聽

Up to 100% of actual costs聽聽聽

How this item benefits the environment

Using monitoring equipment (such as camera traps) helps to show how well species or habitats are recovering. It improves the management of invasive species.

Where you can use this item聽

You can use this item alongside PA7: Species management plan.听

With the approval of the Forestry Commission, you can use this item alongside:

• CWS1: Deer control and management
• CWS3: Grey squirrel control and management
• CSP20: Edible dormouse control and management

With the approval of Natural England, you can use this item alongside:

• CSP13: Invasive plant species control and management (lower rate)
• CSP14: Invasive plant species control and management (intermediate rate)
• CSP15: Invasive plant species control and management (upper rate)
• CSP21: American mink control and management

What you must do to use this item

You must:

• provide at least 3 written quotations for purchasing and installing the equipment with your application
• agree which quotation you will use with Natural England or the Forestry Commission
• install the monitoring equipment on each site following the specification set out in your species management plan
• maintain the monitoring equipment for the duration of your agreement
• provide maps of the location where you plan to place the equipment

Evidence you must keep聽

You must keep and provide with your claim:

• photographs of where the monitoring equipment is installed
• receipted invoices, or bank statements where a receipted invoice is not available

You must also keep and provide on request:

• copies of any consents or permissions connected with the work
• at least 3 quotations for completion of the work

Read the record keeping and site visit requirements in the聽Agreement holder鈥檚 guide: Capital Grants, Higher Tier capital grants and Protection and Infrastructure grants聽for more information.

If you鈥檙e applying for this item as part of a Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) application, read the record keeping and site visit requirements in the CSHT agreement holder鈥檚 guide.

Other items you can use with this item

You can use this item with these items:

• FM2: Carry out customised capital works to manage specific sites or species

• FY1: Deer high seat

• FY3: Squirrel traps and maintenance

• SM1: Training to control and manage deer

• SM2: Training to control and manage American mink

• SM3: Training to control and manage non-native plants

• SM4: Traps for American mink

• SM5: Traps for edible dormouse