MKNHS members may find this article about Oxley Mead to be of interest. It is about management of one of MK’s SSSIs and written by our member, Carla Boswell.  It’s published on the Floodplain Meadows Partnership’s website.

Why Use a Scythe? Oxley Mead Hay Cutting Trial by Carla Boswell, Biodiversity Officer, Milton Keynes Parks Trust / Floodplain Meadows Partnership (Open University)
https://www.floodplainmeadows.org.uk/keep-updated/news/why-use-scythe-oxley-mead-hay-cutting-trial