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- Professor Carl Sayer (UCL) reported Old Meadow now hosts over 150 plant species after annual hay cuts.
- The four-acre field in north Norfolk was abandoned in 2005 and began annual hay cutting in 2011.
- Barn owls have used a field-edge nest box and hunt over the meadow since last year.
- Neighbouring farmer removes hay each August, feeding cattle that benefit from the meadow’s diverse forage.
