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Wild Lyscombe
Lyscombe, a new land acquisition led by the Dorset Wildlife Trust in the Dorset Downs, represents probably the grandest rewilding project in southern chalk country to date.
A Beaver’s right to roam
No more Beavers in compounds, please. Let’s get them widely out in the wild in England. No more dithering…
Creating grassy-shrublands on arable
Arable farmland is one of the best places to create blocks of flower-rich grassy shrublands. Here’s how…
Wetting-up Shrike Shrublands
A key early intervention to maximise the value of a developing grassy shrubland is the creation of various sorts of wet feature.
Part-open landscape paper
A nice paper supporting the European ‘part open landscape’ theory
Shrike Shrublands
Flower rich grassy-shrublands support numerous wildlife species of conservation concern, and are easy to re-create.
Creating Shrublands: brash piles
Flower-rich grassland-shrubland mosaics are simple to establish and support a suite of species of conservation concern, including various species of shrike. They can stand as a habitat in their own right, or form the early years of woodland and wood pasture development.
A woodland creation hierarchy
Towards a more considered approach to natural woodland expansion
