Hands Off Hartlebury Common


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2011-07-19 09:22

My comments re fire attempted,poorly,to underline another negative of grazing.The depression of biodiversity through the loss of escape routes for reptiles/amphibians etc as the cattle compress and destroy some access to underground runs.They can also destroy hibernacula and create areas that make predation easier.As controlled burning is banned with you the tinder carrying capacity is uncontrolled(except manually I guess) and the threat of fire raised.Coincidentally the 25yrs quoted by the Dorset WT is the time a burning regime takes to complete a cycle(at 4% a year)and produce 100% biodiversity whilst reducing the overall risk of wildfires.An awful endictment of NE(then EN)exists if you GOOGLE What are Natural England up to now NW Raptor Group.