Wildfire of 76

[Rushes]

11 hours ago, sime42 said:

 

 

It seems like Bracken is a villain of the piece here. Is there any effective control for it, other than herbicides presumably? Does anything eat it in sufficient quantities?

 

 

 

 

Pigs will clear anything, but ground nesting birds won't survive. Fenced off just to the bracken areas could work. Electric fences.

[sime42]

Dastardly stuff in the main by the look of it.

 

Bracken - Wikipedia

EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

 

 

 

 

 

 

[AHPP]

Nearly as bad as ivy.

[sime42]

Behave

[ABtrees]

On 03/10/2025 at 20:33, sime42 said:

 

 

It seems like Bracken is a villain of the piece here. Is there any effective control for it, other than herbicides presumably? Does anything eat it in sufficient quantities? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interesting thread.

Cattle are the answer - Galloways and their cousins Belted Galloways are particularly effective - apparently.

 

 

Farmers trial use of livestock to control bracken without chemicals

WWW.FARMINGUK.COM

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Farmers are trialling the use of livestock to control bracken without chemicals, with an ultimate aim to save costs while restoring habitats.

 

Cattle and Bracken contd. – Bog Myrtle & Peat

GALLOWAYFARM.BLOG

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Having recently written about cattle and bracken control, a brief follow-up is warranted after a walk across the hill last week. In one area where the cows often linger, bracken has been badly...

 

I know that they have used them to very good effect on the Malvern Hills

[Stubby]

1 hour ago, ABtrees said:

 

 

Interesting thread.

Cattle are the answer - Galloways and their cousins Belted Galloways are particularly effective - apparently.

 

 

Farmers trial use of livestock to control bracken without chemicals

WWW.FARMINGUK.COM

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Farmers are trialling the use of livestock to control bracken without chemicals, with an ultimate aim to save costs while restoring habitats.

 

Cattle and Bracken contd. – Bog Myrtle & Peat

GALLOWAYFARM.BLOG

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Having recently written about cattle and bracken control, a brief follow-up is warranted after a walk across the hill last week. In one area where the cows often linger, bracken has been badly...

 

I know that they have used them to very good effect on the Malvern Hills

There were some belted Gallways up on Harting Down for a while . Not fenced in , could roam where they wanted . All had GPS trackers on . They have been replaced with what look like Limousin cattle ( French I think ) also with GPS trackers . 

[sime42]

 

[Stubby]

8 minutes ago, sime42 said:

 

Limousin are Chocolate brown though ....🙂

[sime42]

Some people are never satisfied......

[Stubby]

8 minutes ago, sime42 said:

Some people are never satisfied......

In the interest of accuracy and that .......🙂