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Glorious Grasslands

The Glorious Grasslands project restores over 50ha of wildflower meadow each year across the Cotswolds.

The main activities are seed harvesting, seed spreading, habitat management and botanical surveys

View across a floodplain valley with green slopes on the other side and spilled over water in the floor

Bank along the Windrush

Wed 27th Nov '24Sat 30th Nov '24

A new site today with Glorious Grasslands which has lots of development potential over the next three years. Located in the Windrush...

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A cleared patch of scrub in the middle of a grassland. Bramble just behind the cleared patch

Third year restoration

Wed 20th Nov '24Sat 30th Nov '24

We’ve been restoring a lovely 15 acre site with Glorious Grasslands for the last three seasons and the results of previous interventions...

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A large clearing in a wood with a neatly stacked dead hedge on one boundary

Completing a second glade

Wed 13th Nov '24Sun 17th Nov '24

We returned to the same site as last week with Glorious Grasslands to continue the restoration of glades within a woodland area...

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A cleared glade in a small woodland with vegetation cut close to the floor

Creating a glade by the river

Wed 6th Nov '24Thu 7th Nov '24

The first winter habitat management day with Glorious Grasslands is always a nice start to the season. A chance to catch up...

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A meadow in the foreground with a hedge and hills in the background. Mist around the hills

On the edge of Edge

Thu 31st Oct '24Fri 1st Nov '24

Trip up the Painswick valley today to seed a site with Glorious Grasslands. Luckily I planned to get there a bit early,...

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View across a town from the top of a hill. Hills in background

Seeding the heavens

Mon 28th Oct '24Fri 1st Nov '24

With one thing and another over the last couple of months, I’ve not actually managed to do any seed spreading this season....

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Shallow river with tree obstacles and a man's legs next to a sample net

Riverfly and floodplain plugs

Mon 2nd Sep '24Mon 2nd Sep '24

Early start this morning to meet Tony at Ebley Mill for our monthly riverfly check. I was a bit late because the...

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A truck pulling a seed harvester setting off in a field

Wrapping up in Calmsden

Thu 29th Aug '24Sat 31st Aug '24

My last scheduled seed harvest today with Glorious Grasslands, although some ad-hoc sites will be done in early September. There were huge...

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A truck pulling a harvester in the distance in a field and an empty tarpaulin in the foreground

Meagre pickings at the water park

Wed 28th Aug '24Sat 31st Aug '24

Headed over to the Cotswolds Water Parks today for seed harvesting with Glorious Grasslands. It’s a site I’ve done a couple of...

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Annual Reflections

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