TRADITIONAL trees are being planted on the North York Moors to recreate ancient woodland.
As part of a major restoration scheme to bring back the kind of landscape which would have covered the moors 400 years ago a former plantation at Glaisdale, in the Esk Valley, is being replanted with broadleaf trees including oak, hazel, rowan and aspen.
It's being done through the Land of Iron Project which is being paid for by the heritage lottery fund and aims to highlight, promote and recreate the history of the area and its lead mining past. Most of the parks ancient woodland has been lost with only around four per cent remaining.Much of the original woodland has become forestry plantations, or was cleared for mining.
Park chief Executive Andy Wilson said: "This change has had a devastating impact on our native wildlife with species such as the hazel dormouse and pied flycatcher in significantly lower numbers than they were a century ago."
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