Reviving Exmoor’s Heartland
We are working together with land managers and farmers, as part of the ‘Reviving Exmoor’s Heartland’ landscape recovery project.
The aim is to restore existing and create new habitats to ensure a thriving ecological network of blanket bog, heathland, woodland, scrub and species-rich grassland across the landscape and to reintroduce lost species such as water voles. It will be achieved by ambitious change in both farmland and moorland which aims to connect the two as one cohesive landscape and to secure a sustainable future for farming in the area. The project area covers over 10,000 hectares in the heart of Exmoor which includes a large area of SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest).
If successful, the implementation phase of the landscape recovery scheme will run for 20 years. Innovative techniques will be trialed during this stage which will focus on locking in carbon, nature and habitat conservation. We hope to carry out mire restoration, reduce invasive species including Molinia (Purple Moor Grass), establish species rich grassland and habitat suitable for the Marsh Fritillary butterfly and plant more trees to connect coombes and woodland.
Find out more in the video above...
Photo credits: Iain Leach and Jonathan Ridley