Stirley Meadows (2)

FOR DECADES THE MOORLAND FRINGE GRASSLAND IN THIS PART OF YORKSHIRE HAS BEEN HEAVILY FARMED, AND STIRLEY FARM IS NO EXCEPTION. UNTIL AROUND 15 YEARS AGO STIRLEY FARM WAS RUN AS AN INTENSIVE DAIRY FARM AND THROUGH GRAZING PRESSURE AND THEN NEGLECT THE BIODIVERSITY VALUE OF THE GRASSLAND AT STIRLEY FARM HAS BEEN ALL BUT LOST. THROUGH THIS PROJECT WE WILL RESTORE 80HA OF SEMI-IMPROVED MOORLAND FRINGE GRASSLAND BACK TO IT’S FORMER WILDLIFE GLORY. WE WILL CREATE FLOWER RICH MEADOWS TEAMING WITH INSECT AND BIRD LIFE THAT PROVIDE A STEPPING STONE FOR WILDLIFE ALONG THE PENNINE FRINGE LANDSCAPE WITHIN WHICH THE FARM SITS. MEADOW RESTORATION WILL ALSO CREATE ACCESSIBLE, APPEALING GREENSPACE FOR THE NEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES OF HUDDERSFIELD TO USE.