Protecting and restoring the best, and rewilding the rest
Protecting
Our ancient woodland and unimproved grassland are the most diverse and species-rich areas of The Meadowlands. With traditional conservation techniques we will continue to protect these irreplaceable habitats.
Restoring
Where meadows have been cut at the wrong time of year, we’re restoring them to traditional management.
Instead of flailing hedgerows annually we’re letting them grow big and bushy.
We’re fencing off watercourses to create riparian habitat.
Rewilding
In our least diverse fields we’re creating new, more diverse habitat by rewilding. We’re lightly grazing species-poor fields so they become scrubby wood pasture that supports birds and invertebrates, creating new woodlands through natural colonisation, and digging ponds to create freshwater habitat.