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<blockquote data-quote="martian" data-source="post: 7651331" data-attributes="member: 801"><p>Just rereading this thread, as I finally got to visit Knepp last weekend. </p><p></p><p>It was fascinating to see how each field had transformed itself, we walked through a series of what had been 8 acre arable fields, all left to do their own thing at much the same time, but each one had its own dominant shrub species, sallow, hawthorn, blackthorn or whatever. The martianess said it looked like Kenya (she spent some time there when she was younger), we were told that a lot of visitors from that part of the world say 'what's the big deal?' when they come to Knepp...there's thousands of square miles of country there that looks like this and in other places around the world. But not in the UK. Then we passed into a large meadow, fairly closely grazed, with storks pecking away in the sward and a bunch of ponies at the far end. This was permanent pasture before wilding and had kept its character since, despite the tamworth pigs grubbing it up etc. There was no fence, but the soil dictated what thrived, as it did in the former arable fields. There was, so far, no encroachment of shrub. </p><p></p><p>But it was the storks that settled it for me...I've always felt that what the UK needs is storks, the rest of Europe has these wonderful birds, God bless the Burrells, who are (seemingly successfully) attempting to reintroduce them (with the help of the Cotswold Wildlife Park). There was a lot of bleating in this thread about public money going to this project, what money has been paid has yielded joy and information many times its worth. There are lots of ecologists working away, learning every day about how the world actually works. The place was busy with walkers enjoying the experience, all on footpaths, with dogs on leads...and we came home feeling uplifted and rejuvenated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="martian, post: 7651331, member: 801"] Just rereading this thread, as I finally got to visit Knepp last weekend. It was fascinating to see how each field had transformed itself, we walked through a series of what had been 8 acre arable fields, all left to do their own thing at much the same time, but each one had its own dominant shrub species, sallow, hawthorn, blackthorn or whatever. The martianess said it looked like Kenya (she spent some time there when she was younger), we were told that a lot of visitors from that part of the world say 'what's the big deal?' when they come to Knepp...there's thousands of square miles of country there that looks like this and in other places around the world. But not in the UK. Then we passed into a large meadow, fairly closely grazed, with storks pecking away in the sward and a bunch of ponies at the far end. This was permanent pasture before wilding and had kept its character since, despite the tamworth pigs grubbing it up etc. There was no fence, but the soil dictated what thrived, as it did in the former arable fields. There was, so far, no encroachment of shrub. But it was the storks that settled it for me...I've always felt that what the UK needs is storks, the rest of Europe has these wonderful birds, God bless the Burrells, who are (seemingly successfully) attempting to reintroduce them (with the help of the Cotswold Wildlife Park). There was a lot of bleating in this thread about public money going to this project, what money has been paid has yielded joy and information many times its worth. There are lots of ecologists working away, learning every day about how the world actually works. The place was busy with walkers enjoying the experience, all on footpaths, with dogs on leads...and we came home feeling uplifted and rejuvenated. [/QUOTE]
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