Hello everyone, I hope our list owner won't mind me addressing the list for the following item, but I consider that it is indirectly connected to what we are...
Hello, What do you think would happen if you put cattle on a Chalkhill Blue habitat? (which includes scrub and rabbit-cropped never ploughed grassland). This...
Hi - you could try contacting the Grazing Animals Project. The GAP was formed by the coming together in December 1997 of two founder initiatives, the forum for...
Gentiana Nivalis
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Feb 3, 2003 9:56 pm
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Hello, Thanks for all the replies on this subject. The query came up because of a letter in the local newspaper (Shoreham Herald). I find myself too busy to...
Hello, The question for botanists is how would this regime effect the small plants of the chalk turf? Would cattle grazing be beneficial or would some chalk...
Cattle grazing per se is not necessarily detrimental to the chalk grassland. It's as much how it's done, eg. stocking density and breed, when the stock are on,...
Hello, Very interesting (Simon Humphreys message) and it would be totally new to me a couple of days ago most of it. However, I have looked a few things up...
Hello Jack (message on UK Wildlife@YahooGroups), Interesting: Several things occurred to me simultaneously, independently, but I probably would not have...
Sort of related to this is the whole issue of scrub and its place in grassland/ heathland/ upland/ montane (delete as applicable) conservation. Although it is...
Gentiana Nivalis
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Feb 6, 2003 9:07 pm
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Hello, Thanks for the post. Scrub is not a very scientific term. What is the difference between scrub and a hedgerow? Just in case a member of the public asks?...
Hi All This is draging on but proving interesting, my coments may liven things up a little, have fun and enjoy the Chalkhill Blues while you can, they may end ...
... land use. Andy have you tried asking local residents about past site use.< Hello, Land use is always complicated but briefly: Medieval to WWII = mostly...
... A recent article in BW on old hazel growth on the west coast of Scotland mentioned unique lichen communities. There was a unique blackthorn-based lichen...
Hello, What I do NOT know and chalkhill botanists may be able to provide the answer is what is the effect of cattle on the short cropped chalkhill sward (with ...
what about cliffs? ... From: Storey, M.W. [mailto:malcolms@...] Sent: 07 February 2003 11:10 To: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [UKBotany]...
Alan Lewis
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Feb 7, 2003 11:39 am
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Dear all, Firstly with apologies for the cross posting but this thread now runs across all 3 user groups. If anyone is interested in a proper study of the...
Hello, Thanks for the post. It seems only the first page is available on-line, but this should put an end to the debate? unless anybody has first hand evidence...
Malcolm Storey wrote: ''Coppicing is the politically correct equivalent of scrub!'' But don't try it if your scrub is good for lichens because it is likely to ...
Gentiana Nivalis
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Feb 7, 2003 5:37 pm
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... Hello, Alas some of the scrub is not even politically correct, but also illegal immigrants (sic, a more). And it is not scrub anymore either, its woodland....
Andy, To try to answer your questions simply (NOT that I'm saying you need a simple answer in order to understand it! Just trying to avoid complicating a...
Hello Simon, Thanks for the reply. As it will probably end up as a public forum, all information is useful, especially the grass cutter bit. Good time of year...
Dear all; Sorry to drag you all off the downs but i am looking for some site info and hope someone can help me. I am planning a Scottish trip this summer...
Hello, I am just thinking about erosion and "soil creep" on chalkhills. Is this an important issue? On the top of the ridge at Mill Hill, the soil is thinner...
Some time last year I remember reading about the results of DNA investigation into the status of Epipactis youngiana, which it turns out does not deserve...
Hi, this page refers to a publication that may be what you want: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~hmbldg/abb.htm If you link to the page then find 'youngiana'...
Moving away from the issue of chalkland grazing for a moment, can I say what a shame it has been for me to see two areas of neglected farmland (copse, scrub)...
Hello, What I found useful with the Mill Hill, Shoreham site is that we have a record of the plants, butterflies, grasshoppers and other insects, types of ...
