Roydon Woods and Lymington Valley - Phil McLean
a diversity of habitats and species found in few other places in Britain
The Lymington Valley, extending from the New Forest to Lymington on the south coast, contains a diversity of habitats and species found in few other places in Britain.
The scheme’s vision is to bring 2,000 hectares of this rich landscape, encompassing 6.5km of river valley into good environmental management.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust are committed to improving conditions for all wildlife in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We manage 48 nature reserves as part of a vision to create ‘Living Landscapes’ for the future.
What’s happening?
• Preservation of the traditional practice of livestock grazing by commoners in the adjacent open New Forest area – this plays an important role in the sustainable management of the land
• Provision of an agri-environment advice service that will produce Farm Environment Plans for other landowners within the valley.
Scheme area: 2,000 hectares
Trust reserves within the scheme
Roydon Woods, Lymington Reedbed, Keyhaven and Pennington Marshes
This scheme is helping species including...
Otter, sea trout, nightjar and the rare Bechstein’s and barbastelle bats, as well as both the pearl and small pearl bordered fritillary butterflies, whose UK populations have declined alarmingly in the past 20 years.
Current threats to the landscape
Pressure to subdivide historic common grazing land into paddocks
This scheme is also...
Aiming for 2000 hectares to be brought into good environmental management.The Trust currently owns over 400 hectares within the valley.
To find out more
Email: feedback@hwt.org.uk | Tel: 01489 774400
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