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SOCIETY SUMMER VISIT TO THE BOLLIN VALLEY HERD

The Bollin Valley Partnership has been working for 40 years providing a Countryside Management Service within the catchment of the River Bollin.

The River Bollin is just shy of 50km in length from the hills surrounding Macclesfield Forest to where it joins the Manchester Ship Canal at Bollin Point near Lymm in Cheshire. The Partnership manages sites across the valley as well as the Bollin Valley Way and aims to provide an efficient and cost effective countryside management service for the Bollin Valley, all with the view of improving the Valley’s natural environment and its recreational opportunities.

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To achieve these aims the Partnership provides a Countryside Ranger service and encourages public use of the Valley while taking part in conservation and enhancement of the natural environment. The Longhorn cattle form an integral part of this management.

The herd was founded in 1988 and currently stands at about 80 animals. These animals graze a range of habitats along the course of the River Bollin, from Tegg’s Nose which is 1200ft up in the Peak District above Macclesfield to the flood plain at Riverside Park in Macclesfield itself.

These areas are fully accessible to the public so steers and heifers are grazed in these areas. Calving cows running with the bulls graze land that is either not open to the public, or the footpaths run adjacent to the fields.

Manager Tim Harding has kindly invited the Society to visit the herd on the 21st August and this will the Society’s summer visit for 2022. All are welcome, just let the Secretary know by 12th August and you’ll be sent more information about location and timings.

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