Hedge laying. It's a technique where you almost cut through the stems of the plants in a hedgerow in order to bend them down. This promotes the growth of new shoots and results in a very dense hedge, which historically was done to make sure animals didn't escape or enter pastures and fields.

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The Batumi raptor count in Georgia (the country, not the US state) does this kind of thing from August through the end of October each year. There's a migratory bottleneck over there that funnels all the birds through a narrow passage between the mountains and the sea. The teams count the migratory raptors during the day and also have lessons/seminars in the evenings. The fall 2025 season ended with over 1.5 million raptors counted

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Of course. He/she was ringed (the ring is visible in the picture) and released afterwards. Birds just tend to just kinda freeze when placed on their backs

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I usually use the midland style because that's the style I was originally taught by Nigel Adams and because it's a beautiful style, if somewhat wasteful with the binders used on top. It makes for for a very dense and relatively strong hedge.

That being said there's a lot of other styles each with their own histories and use cases.

If you want to learn there's some books on the topic, though not all of them in English. For instance the Dutch stichting heg & landschap has a decent guide and overview of the most common styles and techniques in the Netherlands and Flanders (Heggenvlechten en haagleiden in Nederland en Vlaanderen). A very in depth one is "Europe's field boundaries" by Georg Müller, but I suggest trying to find it in a library as it's very expensive.

In order to actually learn the techniques the best way is to find a teacher or course near you. There's a lot of videos on youtube and pictures in the aforementioned books, but those aren't really a replacement for someone experienced showing you the ropes.

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