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There is no such thing as the wild in the UK?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ali_Maxxum" data-source="post: 7934189" data-attributes="member: 12293"><p>Quite a few neglected places around and about, they're fields that aren't mowed basically, it's just rank yellow tough shyte grass that supports nothing, not even deer want to graze it, no rabbits. Surely unless the grassland is 'managed' be it cut for hay or grazed it wont sequester carbon? Few 'trees' around the outside that pop up from the un cut hedges but they wont and don't make nesting hedges that's for sure, so that's the birds not there either.</p><p></p><p>We do a lot for small holders, the wildlife trusts and meadow groups. As well as our own pockets of grassland that we use for hay, little to no inputs, no fertilisers or sprays and they are a wash with what I would consider 'wildlife'. Rabbits, deer, badgers, foxes, birds. They produce a decent hay crop, support grazing and evidently support the wildlife.</p><p></p><p>If we just shut the gates and left them to go 'wild' my guess is the deer and rabbits would no longer graze and the birds certainly wouldn't nest as the hedges become leggy and 'open'.</p><p></p><p>Tell me farming and nature can't go hand in hand?</p><p></p><p>Trouble is a lot of these experts aren't on the ground day in day out and seeing what's actually about. They do their 'research' which seems to tell them all they need to know. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷♂️" title="Man shrugging :man_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ali_Maxxum, post: 7934189, member: 12293"] Quite a few neglected places around and about, they're fields that aren't mowed basically, it's just rank yellow tough shyte grass that supports nothing, not even deer want to graze it, no rabbits. Surely unless the grassland is 'managed' be it cut for hay or grazed it wont sequester carbon? Few 'trees' around the outside that pop up from the un cut hedges but they wont and don't make nesting hedges that's for sure, so that's the birds not there either. We do a lot for small holders, the wildlife trusts and meadow groups. As well as our own pockets of grassland that we use for hay, little to no inputs, no fertilisers or sprays and they are a wash with what I would consider 'wildlife'. Rabbits, deer, badgers, foxes, birds. They produce a decent hay crop, support grazing and evidently support the wildlife. If we just shut the gates and left them to go 'wild' my guess is the deer and rabbits would no longer graze and the birds certainly wouldn't nest as the hedges become leggy and 'open'. Tell me farming and nature can't go hand in hand? Trouble is a lot of these experts aren't on the ground day in day out and seeing what's actually about. They do their 'research' which seems to tell them all they need to know. 🤷♂️ [/QUOTE]
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