Baildon Moor

Clearing an established patch of Bracken

The BEES technique of widening out from mixed flora areas

Shows previously cut area, newly cut and the dominance of bracken

view of moor showing dense bracken

Marking out areas

Cutting bracken growing in moorlan grass

Racking cut bracken in very strong wind

View down the site

Ling and bees

Bee on ling

View across

View up over our area

Area of previously cut Bracken which grasses have now been able to colonise. Picture shows removing the young Bracken.

This area cut last year, the Bracken has regrown and is being cut using scythes.

View of the moor showing area of Bracken domination and area at top which has been cut over successive years and now shows other grasses reappearing. People working can just be made out.

Heather, Heath bedstraw and Bilberry have returned to the Moor