I recognise the presence of this grass as an indicator of damp ground and walking it certainly confirmed that but don't know what it's officially called... can anyone tell from this picture?
Don't know if it helps any, but when fieldwalking that kind of flora is usually indicative of old farmland left fallow too long or grazed instead of cropped.
Basically it'd do it a power of good to run a plough with a field drain bore on it over the whole site.
cheers,
M
Well, that depends what you want out of the land. Biodiversity-wise, that is about the worst thing you could do. Old wet farmland and rushy pasture is a declining habitat with a very specific flora and fauna.
Like I said, it depends what you want. If you want to improve the draininage and make it easier for public access then your advice will be spot on.
No criticism intended.
Ehm, I think that depends on where you live, tbh. I've fieldwalked a lot of the country, from the north of England up to Inverness, it's sodden wet a lot of it.
If the man is thinking of planting willow to soak up the water, persuading a neighbouring farmer's lad to run across the field with the drain attachment on the plough is a very sound idea.
Whether the sheep at the bottom of the hill will see it that way though, is another matter entirely
I do take the point about biodiversity, but the reality is that if he wants to use the land, then it looks like it needs some work done.
cheers,
M
I'm pretty confident it's rush. This is land I'm trying to buy at the moment - will partially plant with willow and other trees to control a bit of the moisture