Bare Ground Creation for Botanical Species Recovery

Date/Time

 18 September 2025
 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Location

 Brockadale Nature Reserve,Brockadale Nature Reserve, Ley's Lane, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8 3LJ, Yorks & Humberside

We’ll cover bare ground creation methods for species recovery, on calcareous grassland sites, as used for Pasqueflower and Purple Milk Vetch.

Join Dr Elizabeth Cooke and Dr Andrew Kearsey as they outline species recovery work Plantlife has delivered over the last 3 years for Pasqueflower and Purple Milk Vetch, across the Chilterns, Cotswolds, Yorkshire Wolds and at Brockadale Nature reserve. We’ll look at the methods and how they can be adapted for other species.

The session will cover:

• Rationale and theory behind species recovery
• Practical methods of creating bare ground
• Practical demonstration (TBD)
• Assessment of existing species translocation work at Brockadale
• Discussion of future species recovery work and where bare ground creation is appropriate.

Please bring your own drinks/snacks and lunch, there are no facilities on the reserve.

This event is kindly organised by Plantlife International, in partnership with the CMA.

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