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How to
Create wet ground
The British landscape would have been covered in marshes and wetlands until, over the centuries, we drained them all.
National Library of Scotland -
Map & legend, 1886.
Wet ground is incredibly valuable for biodiversity, as now it is so scarce.
Block field drains and ditches wherever you can and release the water onto the surface.
Soft rush in wet ground is wonderful habitat for voles, snipe, woodcock, amphibians etc.
Offering protection from the weather and predators
Don’t turn wet areas into ponds unless you have large amounts of it and no open water.
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