Abbeystead Visit

Lune Valley Flood Forum members recently visited the Duke of Westminster's estate at Abbeystead to learn more about the upland flood mitigation measures currently being implemented on the estate. Members viewed the examples of the way bare peat areas are seeded and run off contained using sheep wool rolls (see picture left) and the gully blocking that aims to create ponds containing rich growth of sphagnum moss.  They also looked the effect of sheep grazing at lower levels and the effect of animals on water courses.

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