Mowing at Kenfig dunes

Mowing at Kenfig Dunes, south Wales NNR has been an important tool in regenerating dune slack vegetation. Although it is labour intensive, requires a large capital outlay and poses difficulties in harvesting and removal of the cut biomass it has been used to as a first phase in the recovery programme of the rare Liparis loeselii var. ovata at this site.

Method involves the use of a tractor mounted pick-up mower. More drastic action involving the removal of soil sods and remobilising stable dunes (Jones 1996a).

References

Jones, P.S. 1996a. Kenfig National Nature Reserve: a profile of a British west coast dune system. In: Studies in European Coastal Management, eds.Jones, P.S., Healy, M.G. & Williams, A.T.Samara Publishing Ltd., Cardigan, 255-267. Abstract...