The Wildland Network

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The Wildland Network Wildland
Gazetteer October 2005
Mark Fisher www.self-willed-land.org.uk
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What is a rewilding project?

• Evidence of transition to future natural?
• Potential Methods
• Tree planting
• Carrifran, Caledonian Forest Core, Moor Trees,
  Springfield
• Changes in agricultural, silvicultural and other
  management practice
• Ennerdale, Alport Valley
• Removal of grazing pressure
• Tir Isaf Penrhos
• Natural woodland regeneration
• Blagdon Cross, Spouses Vale, Tweed Rivers
  Heritage Project
• Coastal re-alignment
• Wallasea, Cuckmere
• Reversal of land drainage
• Great Fen Project, Wicken Fen, Needingworth Fen
• Removal of soil fertility
• Marloes Coast Project
• Naturalistic grazing
• Wood pasture - Bastow Wood?

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Springfield - Bradford
1993
2004
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Tir Penrhos Isaf, Snowdonia
1986
2000
Chris, Lyn and Sam Dixon www.konsk.co.uk
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Blagdon Cross -Devon
A view across whole site 1997
View across whole site 2005
The pattern of regenerating is intriguing.
Rather than seeing the whole site develop in the
same way with the same dominant vegetation we
have seen a mosaic of different habitats and
plant communities emerge. Richard Morris PFAF
www.pfaf.org
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Spouses Vale, Suffolk
Linking two ancient woodland
www.wildlifetrusts.org/suffolk
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Marloes Coast Project, Pembroke
Undo drainage work
Coastal heath
Remove fences
Scrape off topsoil add sulphur
Coastal forbs return first
Example of earth bank
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Brean Down - Somerset
South cliffs
North cliffs
Spine
Conservation objectives forbs, heather,
butterflies and birds Method white Park
cattle Naturalistic grazing? - Resource limited?
Breeding family groups?
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Bastow Wood, Yorkshire
Wood pasture with livestock grazing currently
removed. Some exclosures against rabbits
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The Gazetteer
Classification by region, habitat(s), ownership,
transition method? Information principal
partners, contact details (plus web), pictures,
diagrams, access conditions? Presentation report
(PDF), indexed web pages, online database? Data
Collection networking within WN, approaches to
agencies/organisations, strategically placed
appeals for info.?