The Society’s visit to the Broughton Estate on 21 May 2024 was a great success. Twenty UWFS members were shown around by Kelly Hollick (Estate Project Manager) and Prof Alastair Driver (ecologist, conservationist and rewilding specialist).
We learnt about the nature recovery plans, and walked among some of the 350,000 native trees recently planted. There was a wealth of information about the developing floral and fauna habitats, which run alongside profitable quality food production. The way close-cropped sheep pasture had changed in less than a handful of years was most striking, together with the success of new tree planting.
Many thanks to Wendy Berrington for organising the trip. Our thanks to Kelly and Alastair for giving their time to show us around.
Rushy pasture and new tree planting by Chris Alder
Keith Berrington
Chris Alder
