Lightshaw Meadows
Rare birds are flourishing and vital habitats being restored at this peaceful wetland nature reserve.
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Conservation grazing FAQs
Find out more about our conservation grazing project
Conservation grazing
Meet the four-legged members of our conservation team; native rare breed cattle, sheep, goats and ponies are at work across our nature reserves and beyond helping to manage habitats for wildlife.
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Conservation grazing introduced at Freshfield Dune Heath
New fencing introduced at Freshfield Dune Heath will allow cattle, sheep and goats to safely and effectively help to manage this rare and precious habitat for wildlife.
Marsh harrier a sign of success
Under the watchful eye of the Moon a wander into a landscape evolving for nature, on Day 5 of #12DaysWild
Time to take urgent action for insects
Everyone has their part to play in reversing the disastrous decline in some of our most easily overlooked wildlife.
Conservation grazing and Bluetongue: What we are doing to protect our livestock
Bluetongue is an insect-borne disease that can affect animals such as cattle, sheep and goats. Find out more about the disease and how we are preparing for it.
Summer Meadows
Whether it is a blaze of yellow from meadow buttercups, the spikes of green-winged and early orchid, or the nodding, papery petals of snake’s head fritillary – Britain’s wild meadows hum with life from the first spring bloom to the purple hues of autumn’s meadow saffron.
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh
Enormous flocks of geese, ducks and swans swirl down from wide skies to drop onto the flat, open expanses of flooded grazing marshes in winter. In spring, lapwing tumble overhead and the soft,…
Appeal will help wildlife find a home at Brockholes
We are calling on the community to help raise £2,000 to support our vital conservation work at Brockholes, our 106-hectare wildlife haven near Preston.
Discover Lunt Meadows: A wetland oasis
There are some places that quietly surprise you. At first glance, Lunt Meadows appears to be a vast site of water, reedbeds and open skies on the edge of Liverpool. However, spend a little time…