Takeaways:
- Many old waterways in Norfolk, UK are being excavated to provided habitats for local wildlife
- The footdrains which were once a feature of wetland management on farms serve as the perfect breeding habitat for lapwings, redshanks and their chick all of which feed on invertebrates found in the mud.
- “Low-lying ground is not very farmable. You’re better off trying to put it into these kinds of schemes and getting more for nature and wildlife,” says Martin Fox, the operator of the rotary ditcher[…]
