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Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 11 2:59 pm Post subject: Native breeds for modern needs
Just had this tweeted by RBST; Traditional cattle grazing plan for heath

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46340
Location: yes

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 11 3:11 pm Post subject:
good plan using cattle to maintain grazing land

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 11 3:22 pm Post subject:
Natural England have been using belties on their reserve at Goss moor for a few years now. Cornwall wildlife trust have Exmoor ponies that they use on another reserve near here.

VSS

Joined: 14 Jan 2007
Posts: 2845
Location: Llyn Peninsula, North Wales

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 11 9:13 pm Post subject:
The cattle will do a good job so long as the bods that put together the grazing strategy know what they are doing. I have seen rare and sensitive maritime heath ruined through severe understocking as stipulated by the people who are supposed to know.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 11 9:23 pm Post subject:

VSS wrote:

The cattle will do a good job so long as the bods that put together the grazing strategy know what they are doing.

I have seen rare and sensitive maritime heath ruined through severe understocking as stipulated by the people who are supposed to know.

Our lot had about 20 Hebrideans on 120 acres - talk about urinating into the prevailing...

Castle Farm

Joined: 17 Sep 2008
Posts: 457
Location: Powys/Hereford Border.Near Hay-on-Wye

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 11 9:38 pm Post subject:
Still recon you can't beat the good old fashioned Brush cutter/strimmer though

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46340
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 11 10:50 pm Post subject:
landscapes are formed by the grazers ,to plan for a particular result and adapt the plan is a good start

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 11 6:10 pm Post subject:

Castle Farm wrote:

Still recon you can't beat the good old fashioned Brush cutter/strimmer though

Bet you wouldn't say that after 120 acres

T.G

Joined: 13 Sep 2009
Posts: 7280
Location: Somewhere you're not

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 11 9:34 pm Post subject:
I read somewhere awhile back that some councils have been employing flocks of goats to clear areas of scrub/vegetation, it seems to have worked well where applied.

Marches

Joined: 13 Dec 2011
Posts: 171
Location: Nr Peak District, England

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 11 8:31 pm Post subject:
It's quite annoying to see Konik ponies used for conservation grazing when our own native breeds such as the New Forest have been bred to survive in such conditions and are from this land. Koniks are a modern reconstruction of what people think the Tarpan / European Wild Horses would have looked like.

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