Fenland rush hour! Just another day waiting for local traffic to clear 😁 (better with music)

#conservationgrazing #rotationalgrazing #sheepfarming #rushhour

🐄 Where have the cows gone?

Our Belted Galloways have moved from Wandlebury to Coton Countryside Reserve & Barnwell Meadows, bringing conservation grazing into new landscapes.

🌿 Read more:
https://cambridgeppf.org/where-have-the-cows-gone/

#ConservationGrazing #CambridgePPF #Wandlebury

I'm ready for my close up... 📷

These dashing goats do vital conservation work at our Sevenoaks reserve, browsing woody scrub while leaving wildflowers undisturbed. Their secret weapon? 'Hefting', a loyalty to home turf that keeps them grazing where we need them.

#conservationgrazing

'Horse in the Gorse' by #HenHarrierProject.
Managing native Gorse when it starts to dominate in the context of Ireland.

Vid Highlights:
- Practical #ConservationGrazing for biodiversity
- Fire & seed activation/plant recovery
- Cattle vs Horses vs Goats
- Stocking rates & timing
- Value of Gorse

Winter grazing | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust We're no stranger to a harsh Yorkshire winter, but how do our grazing animals cope with such inclement weather and what do they do in the winter months? South Reserves Assistant, Katie Baker, tells us...

We're no stranger to a harsh Yorkshire winter, but how do our grazing animals cope with such inclement weather and what do they do in the winter months? Read our Winter Grazing blog to find out more.

www.ywt.org.uk/blog/yorkshire-wildlife-trust/winter-grazing

#conservationgrazing

Booping a snoot is proven to boost dopamine levels! Happy Moo-nday!
#ConservationGrazing #redpollcattle #boop #boopthesnoot #MondayMotivation #dopamine
@wildlifebcn.org

The ponies are back and doing what native ponies do to find forage in harsh weather. They live out on the hill all winter🐴 #native #conservationgrazing #molinia #welsh

🐄 Why We Use Conservation Grazing 🌾 Our Highland cows are grazing this winter, creating diverse habitats 🌼. Spot them at Eric’s Way! 💚 #SculthorpeMoor #ConservationGrazing #HighlandCows #Biodiversity #NatureRecovery #WetGrassland #SnipeHabitat #NorfolkWildlife

Sheep grazing our Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve, Fleecefaulds Meadow #Fife. Over winter they tackle the coarse vegetation which would otherwise dominate the meadow flowers including several species of orchid.
#wildflowermeadow #conservationgrazing
@scotwildlife.bsky.social
@ukorchids.bsky.social

We have a Pied Piper of Soay Sheep 🐑🪈 Our colleague Nick was followed by this small conservation grazing flock of Soays when he popped to #TheDevilsSpittleful nature reserve recently as part of our #SavingWorcestershiresHeathlands project.

#SoaySheep #ConservationGrazing #heathland #Worcestershire

Took this group off the higher hill today. Took the bull away, and let Cows & calves onto upland heath for a week or two, before moving on to lower grassland. Doing a good job grazing out the different parcels #HighNatureValueFarming #ConservationGrazing

My new best friends doing a bit of chomping down at Newton Pool !

#NEbirding #ConservationGrazing #HighlandCattle

Another great practical video by #AndrewMillison and something I think is often overlooked in Ireland for Flood resilience.

Highlights on:

- Sediment traps
- Retention ponds
- Zigzig terracing
- #ConservationGrazing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ3D...

#RiverEcology #WaterStories

@wildlifebcn.org Summer Leys today, @britishspiders.bsky.social #conservationgrazing

Danish study exploring complimentary roles of horses & cows for #ConservationGrazing on #Grasslands

"... effects on herbivory and biodiversity are carefully considered before supplementary feeding, or anti-veterinary treatments are provided in year-round grazing systems and avoided if possible."

Caring for livestock – how we look after our conservation grazers | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Katie Baker, South regional reserves assistant, explains just how much work goes into keeping our grazers amazing!

Our south regional reserves assistant, Katie Baker, explains just how much work goes into keeping our grazers amazing! 🐂🐏🐴

www.ywt.org.uk/blog/yorkshire-wildlife-trust/caring-for-our-livestock

#conservationgrazing

Check out the dorsal line and tiger stripes 😍 With those ‘primitive’ markings he has to be Konik, right?🤔 No. He’s my wonderful Highland pony; representative of just one of Britain’s many native breeds that make equally good conservation grazers #conservationgrazing #ponies

The @wildlifebcn.org Mouflon looking very photogenic at Stonepit Close this week - finding a good vantage point on a heap of limestone. They seem to be becoming bolder, though they kept a very close eye on me as I skirted round them...

#conservationgrazing #nofence

A close-up of a Highland cow with long, shaggy, reddish-brown fur. The cow is in profile, facing left, with its tongue slightly protruding from its mouth as if licking its lips. The background includes dry, golden grass and a blurry, light-colored horizon. The lighting is soft and natural.

Our Highlands are the ultimate foodies! Grazing happily across our Yorkshire reserves, they are ready to charm you on your next visit.🐂

Learn more on our amazing grazers: www.ywt.org.uk/blog/yorkshire-wildlife-trust/conservation-grazing

#conservationgrazing

❄️ Throwing it back to winter (because who doesn’t love a shaggy Highland cow?)

Our conservation grazing crew were up at Masons Bank over the colder months, helping us manage the land for wildlife. Their winter coats? On point. Their impact? Even better 🐮💚

#ShropshireWildlife #ConservationGrazing

Well within days the exploring Fab 4 are having an impact on the #WyverlaneNR reserve, grasslands looking better already with diversification & new muddy edges developing #conservationgrazing Cattle Egrets next then ?@belperbirder.bsky.social @willowglass12.bsky.social @josmithwild.bsky.social

These guys were looking content at Brockadale nature reserve, but not much grass left so moved them along the ings to a field that's a bit rank/rough but with more to eat.

This ex-arable limestone meadow is really stunning in late spring.

#ConservationGrazing

Just a belted Galloway cow munching on gorse. How tough must their tongues be not to get prickled? Sound on to hear morning bird song and munching noises. #ConservationGrazing

Fell Ponies had lots of energy today! One of them seemed to have a particular bout of the zoomies!

#LakeDistrict #FellPonies #ConservationGrazing

Preparing for grazing the areas either side of our lane 🙂.

This is a LIFEQuakingBogs project with Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales. #conservationgrazing #fencing #wetland #bog #heath #cows #marshfritillary #butterflies #NatureNetworks

A useful list for all us farmers keeping up with agroecological research that we might be able to use in our farming
#biodiversity
#soil
#pasturefedlivestock
#conservationgrazing
#sustainablefood

Out helping to round up the #beltedgalloway herd on the edge of Ashdown Forest this morning for bTB checks. Stunning docile animals, including Silus the bull, carrying out essential #conservationgrazing of precious habitat. #lowlandheath #sussex

Yet another piece in the ecological restoration jigsaw falls in to place @WildHaweswater thanks to targeted #ConservationGrazing. #MarshFritillary #RSPBEcology...

Meet Mostyn, our new Highland bull calf. He’s a wonderfully brave little thing, coming right up to us as soon as he was on his feet! #HighlandCows #ConservationGrazing

It's been a week of two amazing arrivals: little Nel, our first Highland calf, and this common spotted orchid, the first to appear magically by itself in our meadow #wildflowerhour #ConservationGrazing @Love_plants @BSBIbotany @wildflower_hour @Highland_Cows @BBCCountryfile