Burlish Top Local Nature Reserve............ After a long period of neglect following the abandonment of Burlish Camp, Wyre Forest District Council recognised that the old military camp had significant wildlife value by declaring the land a Local Nature Reserve in 1994. Much of the wildlife was in decline, but fragments of Lowland Heath and Acid Grassland habitat remained on site.A lot of effort was subsequently put in by local community groups, volunteers and the District Council to conserve what remained and to create the conditions to allow the wildlife to begin to recover. Trees were felled, scrub cut back and the site annually mowed, with the rewards for these efforts being that a recent ecological survey found Burlish Top to be the finest quality Acidic Grassland in the county.The restoration of the site is still not complete with volunteers always needed to help stem the tide of scrub invasion and to assist with the cattle which grazed the site for the fi rst time in 2012.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 06:55:15 +0000
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