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Key objectives

At Geltsdale RSPB Nature Reserve

Innovative and effective upland management

Blanket bog – management and restoration

Hen Harriers

Breeding waders – on moorland and farm

Black grouse

Biodiversity and pasture woodland

Female hen harrier – a key species for conservation

Improving Bio-diversity

• Increased cattle grazing• Later cut hay• Creating structural diversity in vegetation• Increases in flowering plants, butterflies

and other insects• Woodland on a large scale• Demonstration use