The scheme that hosted the BBC's The Watches helps double the number of plants, says an ecologist.
Wild Ken Hill is a conservation and sustainable farming project on the west coast of NorfolkAccording to the study, the average number of different plants in sampled areas roughly doubled at Wild Ken Hill in west Norfolk from 2019 to 2022.
About 1,000 acres of poor quality farmland and some woodland at the 4,000-acre nature site in Snettisham were "rewilded" in 2019., which was carried out in 2019 and repeated in 2022 by ecologist Graeme Lyons, shows the average number of plants in sampled plots roughly doubled from 16.8 to 33.2. Several rare plants with conservation status, including smooth cat's-ear, had spread and scrub and tree species were beginning to naturally regenerate, it said.
Wild Ken Hill said it credited the improvements to rewilding, particularly the introduction of free-roaming livestock, red poll cattle, Exmoor ponies and Tamworth pigs.Several rare plants with conservation status, including smooth cat's-ear, have spread, says Graeme Lyons's study Project manager Dominic Buscall said: "There is a popular misconception that rewilding is simply about species reintroductions, afforestation, or bringing back specific species like beavers."The very fabric of the ecosystem is being restored from the ground up in a science-based, nature-led, and low-cost manner, benefiting the full suite of species, from plants and invertebrates to birds and mammals.
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