Species-rich Grasslands: Management in action

Species-rich grasslands were once common around the UK, but in less than half a century, we've lost nearly 97% of these valuable habitats. This loss amounts to nearly 7.5 million acres of wildflower meadows, making the rare and fragmented areas we have left even more vulnerable.
From machair in the western coastline of the Hebridean Islands, to species-rich grasslands in the Cairngorms, down to meadows & rhos pasture in Wales: this webinar brings together a farmer and crofter panel to explore how appropriate grazing and cutting regimes can benefit species-rich grasslands.
Jo Riggall from Plantlife shares the wider environmental and social benefits of species-rich grasslands and presents existing evidence on the importance of the right management.

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re: Dock control.
As mentioned docks in permanent grazed pasture do contribute positively to the diet of grazing livestock, but again as was said, their presence is a symptom of soil compaction etc
Just like to share a fellow "Pasture for Life" farmer friend of mine, encourage & introduced the proliferation of native "Green Dock Beetle" (Gastrophysa viridula) as a form of dock bio-control.
I believe at one point had an University undergrad student monitoring the beetles effectiveness, in reducing docks.
From my own personal observations (during one of his farm walks), one area of docks had a "lace like" appearance from being munched by the said beetle.