'Upland restoration - the actions and challenges along the way'
Michael Keegan is a sheep farmer farming near Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow. He is farming around 130 acres, running upwards of 250 Easycare ewes. As well as that, he also works off-farm on a local estate implementing an extensive environmental management plan. Learning on the job, he now has a vast knowledge of ecosystem restoration, implementing measures such as heather cutting to benefit red grouse and other species, treating the invasive Rhododendron plants in the woodland, bruising bracken, repairing and restoring traditional drystone walls on the estate, manages of deer population, tagging and recording of raptors in conjuncti...