ScribbleLark

What it is

Public, charity and local money can help pay for nature on land of any size. Finding what fits, what works together, and getting the application right, is the hard part.

It starts with your land

Mark your fields on an aerial photo. Each one is checked against public data: land grade, slope, protected landscapes, priority habitats, chalk streams and agreements already in place.

It puts nature first

Suggestions lead with what does most for wildlife. Scheme payments are designed to cover the cost of the work and the income you give up. This is not a profit calculator.

It is for whoever holds the land

Farmers, landowners who let their ground, smallholders, estates, whatever the size. Several schemes are open to any landowner, not just farmers, and ScribbleLark tells you which, including local ones: county, wildlife trust and community forest funding near you.

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See it at work on a real farm map

How it works

Four steps, about ten minutes

No forms to study first. Start on the sofa with a phone and finish at the desk if you like. Your land is saved to your account, whether it is a farm, an estate or a few paddocks.

Sign in on whatever is to hand

Phone, tablet or computer. It is the same ScribbleLark on each, laid out to fit the screen. Sign in with your email or mobile and a one-time code. There is no password to remember.

ScribbleLark on a computer: the aerial map with six fields outlined on the left and the list of fields on the right.

The same screen on a tablet, with the map above the field list.

ScribbleLark on a phone: the aerial map with fields outlined in yellow, and the list of fields below with what each could be paid.

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Scribble round your fields

Tap inside a field. Our image recognition runs the boundary out to the hedge, track or road, and lines it up with the fields next door.

A side stops short? Press Push a side out and tap beyond it.
Have a farm map? Upload it. The fields come off the drawing, and the field names are offered for you to approve.
No clear edge? Draw it by hand.

The map screen. A field has just been added, with buttons to push a side out, make it smaller or bigger, or edit its corners.

Say what each field is used for

Arable, a hay meadow, horse paddocks, parkland, scrub, a pond. Pick from the list. ScribbleLark suggests actions for that field and says what each helps: pollinators, farmland birds, soil life, clean water.

Tick and untick to make the plan your own.

A field opened in the side panel, showing its boundary tools, what was found about the land, and a ticked list of suggested actions.

See what works together

No wall of options. ScribbleLark picks the three changes that do most for nature on your land for the least upheaval, and applies each to every field it suits, so you decide once.

Plans that clash are flagged before you apply. Pick the best mix for nature or for money back, and ask "what if" on any field.

Everything else sits on one chart: quick wins, things worth planning, easy extras and ones to think twice about. Then mark each scheme Interested, Already claim or Not for me.

The Plan tab: the first of three Start here cards, low-input grassland, with what it helps, an up-to payment, a Find out more on GOV.UK link, What if I do this? and Add to My projects.

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How we use AI

AI does the legwork. The rules are the official ones. You make the call.

It reads the aerial photo

Image recognition finds the hedges, tracks and field edges for you, and lines up a farm map you upload with the photo.

It keeps up with the schemes

Our scheme library is researched and kept up to date with the help of AI, and every rate and rule is checked by a person against the official guidance.

You stay in charge

Suggestions and payments come from the published scheme rules, not guesswork. Nothing is applied for or changed without you.

The whole picture

What you gain. What it costs you.

Every holding gets a summary of what would happen if you did all of it: what you could expect to see, year by year, which wildlife it helps, what you could be paid if your application is approved, and what you would give up. We would sooner you knew.

The Summary tab, listing what the plan would cost: land out of cropping, grazing lost, yield risk, yearly work and long-term upkeep.

What you could seeFinches and buntings on winter seed from year one. Bees and butterflies on the margins from the second summer. Owls over tussocky corners. Flowers in grass, slowly.
What you could be paidUp to the yearly figure at published rates, and the most over an agreement, if your application is approved.
Land that stops earningHectares out of cropping. Grazing lost to fenced corners and strips.
Work that does not go awayPlots re-sown every year. Hedges and ponds to keep up long after an agreement ends.
Things that can go wrongYield risk, weeds at the margin, a 3-year commitment, and schemes that close without warning.

ScribbleLark helps you find schemes and prepare your application. It does not submit applications, and it cannot guarantee that a scheme will be open or that an application will be approved. You apply through the Rural Payments service or the scheme itself, with a prepared sheet from us. Payments shown are “up to” estimates from published rates and the areas you mark. The scheme decides what is paid. It covers public schemes in England today. Wales and Scotland are planned next.

Apply, then keep it

Finding the scheme is the easy bit. ScribbleLark helps you keep it.

An agreement runs for years, with dates to hit, records to keep and evidence to show if an inspector calls. From 2026 the SFI management payment, which used to help cover that admin, has gone. ScribbleLark carries the paperwork with you, all year.

It starts before you apply: an application pack pulls the details from your map, drafts answers for you to adapt, and checks for the mistakes that most often get applications sent back. You still check it and submit it yourself.

We remember the dates

When each action must be in place, cutting and sowing windows, capital grant claim deadlines and when your agreement comes up for review. Reminders arrive before they matter, not after.

Evidence as you go

Dated, located photos for each action, seed invoices and notes of cutting and grazing, filed against the right field. Nothing to dig out of a phone two years later.

Ready if the inspector calls

One pack with everything in order, field by field. Take it to your adviser too: they check the plan, rather than starting from a blank page.

You still submit your own applications and claims. ScribbleLark helps you prepare, remind and record. It cannot guarantee the outcome of an inspection or a claim.

What you get, and when

Built in three phases

Everything we can build ourselves is ready on day one. Things that rely on suppliers, advisers and event partners follow, once those partners are signed up and checked. We would sooner tell you that now than promise it on the first day.

At launch

Find it, plan it, keep it running

Map your land. Tap a field, upload a farm map, or draw by hand.
Land checks on every field. Land grade, slope, protected landscapes, priority habitats and local nature plans.
A top 3 to start with, and a chart of everything else by effort and payoff.
Scheme by scheme: what you need and how to apply. England's public schemes, plus charity schemes open to any landowner.
The honest summary. Gains, payments and costs, year by year.
My projects. Your agreements in one place, with deadlines, reminders, a dated photo log and an evidence pack to print.
Field Notes, a monthly email with a section written for your own land, plus alerts when a scheme you follow opens or closes.

Phase 2 · with partners

Help with the work itself

Local suppliers and contractors for drilling, hedge laying and pond work.
Seed, tree and hedge partners, with mixes checked against each scheme's specification and member rates.
Group orders with members near you.
A fixed-fee application check by a qualified adviser.
Vet partners for the animal health and welfare review.
Farm walks, talks and local groups.
A yearly nature summary from your own records, to show a buyer, a landlord or the bank.

Phase 3 · further out

More money, more places

Biodiversity net gain. Developers pay landowners to create habitat. Good money, and a 30-year commitment.
Carbon. The Woodland Carbon Code and Peatland Code.
Water companies paying for cover crops and buffer strips in their catchments.
Buyers and processors paying a premium for nature-friendly practice.
Wales and Scotland, then Europe. Each has its own schemes, so each is its own build.
Shared access for land agents, advisers and tenants.

Partner offers never change what ScribbleLark suggests. Actions are chosen for what they do for nature. If a supplier pays us for a referral, we will say so. Private schemes will be shown with the same plain account of what they tie you into.

Make room for nature. Be paid for it.

Public, charity and local money can help pay for nature on land of any size. Finding what fits, what works together, and getting the application right, is the hard part.

It starts with your land

It puts nature first

It is for whoever holds the land

See it at work on a real farm map

Four steps, about ten minutes

Sign in on whatever is to hand

Scribble round your fields

Say what each field is used for

See what works together

AI does the legwork. The rules are the official ones. You make the call.

It reads the aerial photo

It keeps up with the schemes

You stay in charge

What you gain. What it costs you.

Finding the scheme is the easy bit. ScribbleLark helps you keep it.

We remember the dates

Evidence as you go

Ready if the inspector calls

Built in three phases

Find it, plan it, keep it running

Help with the work itself

More money, more places

All the admin, for less than a day of an adviser's time.

Register before launch and choose your offer

Smallholding

Farm

Large farm

Estate

Named after a bird that needs the room

Why ScribbleLark

James Andrews

Be told when ScribbleLark opens, and keep the launch offer