Anti-Woodland Horror Story

The wall repair is to help keep cattle in and nature out. How the wall was pushed down I don't know. Whether somebody disaffected or another bit of clumsiness by SWT staff is anyone's guess. Now they've begun on this another small hole has appeared further along.

It means they will be pressing on with grazing and no question that consultation will have any influence on it. There will be a HLS agreement lasting ten years with no discussion. And all utterly shameless. Public money down the drain again and public land degraded. Can anyone doubt that this is corruption?

Here on the other side of the gate nature will be despoiled with a bribe paid for from our taxes.

This is a picture of this Site of Special Scientific Interest as it was after a month of cattle grazing while on the other side out of the cattle grazed area were attractive wild flowers in bloom. Astonishing!
"But if we didn't put cattle on the land it would all become woodland," they say. How dreadful a prospect they must think that to be if it means this cowpat atrocity is preferable. One wonders about the mentality of the people who can bring themselves to say this sort of thing.

Especially as they know it's complete nonsense. Do they really think we're that thick? In parts of Scotland of course deer are seen to be preventing tree regeneration and that's considered a bad thing. But such is the twisted conservation mindset that here they bring on cattle to do that job even when deer are present in numbers. It is madness of course but so what? We all know that the cattle are not brought on to prevent woodland whatever their official line. Their true purpose is to reinforce the principle that all this land must be considered farmland and therefore qualify for large farm subsidies and conform to the PDNPA's stated intention to have the whole national park as a working landscape contributing to the economy.

Deer were all over Blacka Hill this morning looking, unsurprisingly, a bit the worse for wear after such a winter, the moult starting to have an effect.

Once the cattle are brought back the deer will move on ceasing their impact on the trees. Because they are not fond of cattle whose vulgar habits rather spoil their meal.