Flail cut hawthorn field hedge showing re-growth, North Yorkshire. Also shows an old hedge bank and loss of stock proofing at the hedge base

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Flail cutting is carried out by tractor mounted machine and produces a very crude 'cut' but is quick and cheap. Causes long tern hedge deterioration and loss of stock proofing

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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Wyvill Grange, Hunton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Neil Wilmore / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: agriculture, bank, banking, crataegus, cut, cutting, dales, damage, farming, flail, gaps, grange, hawthorn, hedge, hunton, landscape, march, monogyna, north, pasture, proofing, stock, trimmed, wensleydale, wyvill, yorkshire