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Yep. And have rewilded it. It’s amazing. For the first couple of years we let neighbouring farmers use it for livestock. But we couldn't understand why it was devoid of invertebrates yet nearby in woodland there were butterfly alleys. Then my wife started working in soil health and we discovered that worming tablets given to livestock leach out into animal faeces, this then kills off invertebrates.
Within a year of stopping the livestock coming here the field became active with invertebrates. The long grasses collapsed and formed a mat full of rodent tunnels. The raptor population exploded, the deer population grew massively and we have about 10 roe deer and 4 or 5 muntjac roaming around. Walking through the field is like being in a nature documentary. Grasshoppers leap around like a firework display around my legs. Various types of dragon fly flutter around, the bat population has increased.
It brings a deep joy every day, seeing nature taking back over. Each year different species are in ascendence, wether it is docks, thistles or wild flowers, hornets or deer. It's a marvel to see how quickly with the removal of major human interference natural processes have taken over.
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The raptor population
Velociraptor???
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Exactly the experience friends have had.
have rewilded it. It’s amazing. For the first couple of years we let neighbouring farmers use it for livestock. But we couldn't understand why it was devoid of invertebrates yet nearby in woodland there were butterfly alleys. Then my wife started working in soil health and we discovered that worming tablets given to livestock leach out into animal faeces, this then kills off invertebrates.
Within a year of stopping the livestock coming here the field became active with invertebrates. The long grasses collapsed and formed a mat full of rodent tunnels. The raptor population exploded, the deer population grew massively and we have about 10 roe deer and 4 or 5 muntjac roaming around. Walking through the field is like being in a nature documentary. Grasshoppers leap around like a firework display around my legs. Various types of dragon fly flutter around, the bat population has increased.
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Gabeuk
Has anyone bought a field?
As in, you know, a plot of land with a hedge around the edge, mostly grass and mud, on a hill somewhere.
Am thinking of buying a field.
Am thinking of said field being located within 1-2 hours of London, ideally on a hill, ideally with other fields as neighbours, and having nothing in it.
Has anyone bought a field?