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Bison Settle Into New Home in Cumbria in Scheme to Create Wildlife-Rich Habitat
The five-strong herd is already opening up woodland and may produce calves this autumn, land managers said.
- A five-strong herd of European bison has settled in Cumbria as part of the Solway Wild Lands project, relocating from a conservation initiative in Kent to restore wildlife through natural processes.
- Because bison are currently licensed under "dangerous wild animals" laws, Castletown Estate erected large-scale fencing creating a 700-acre enclosure, overseen by estate manager Toby Mounsey-Heysham.
- The bison have "behaved brilliantly," Mounsey-Heysham said, already "bash through" woodland and creating a "really diverse, really rich landscape" by opening dense scrub and pushing over sizeable trees.
- Farming and natural habitat can coexist "quite happily" on the 5,000-acre estate, Mounsey-Heysham believes, while the Forestry Commission and Natural England developed management plans supporting this integrated approach.
- Wildwood Trust, which led the founding herd project at Blean, is sharing expertise to support the expansion; Director General Paul Whitfield called the establishment "incredibly encouraging" for UK conservation.
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Bison settle into new home in Cumbria in scheme to create wildlife-rich habitat
The five-strong herd has moved from a pioneering conservation scheme in Kent using bison to manage woodland more naturally.
·Somerset, United Kingdom
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