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Bare Ground Creation for Botanical Species Recovery

We’ll cover bare ground creation methods for species recovery, on calcareous grassland sites, as used for Pasqueflower and Purple Milk Vetch.

Date
18 Sep 2025
Location
Brockadale Nature Reserve
Ley’s Lane, Pontefract, WF8 3LJ
Time
10:00
£44.04
two purple flowers

Join our Botanical Specialist, Dr Elizabeth Cooke and our Nature Reserves Manager Dr Andrew Kearsey as they outline species recovery work we have delivered over the last 3 years.

We’ll be looking into the work we have undertaken to help Pasqueflower and Purple Milk Vetch, across the Chilterns, Cotswolds, Yorkshire Wolds and at Brockadale Nature reserve. We’ll look at the methods and how they can be adapted for other species.

The session will cover:

  • Rationale and theory behind species recovery
  • Practical methods of creating bare ground
  • Practical demonstration (TBD)
  • Assessment of existing species translocation work at Brockadale
  • Discussion of future species recovery work and where bare ground creation is appropriate.

Please bring your own drinks/snacks and lunch, there are no facilities on the reserve.

This event is organised in partnership with the Countryside Management Association (CMA).

Tickets are free to Countryside Management Association members, and £44.04 for non-members.

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