Visit to Stair Knott - part of Wild Ennerdale

Tuesday 25th of June saw the juniors heading up the Ennerdale valley to explore Stair Knott which is an area of common land inside the wider area of Wild Ennerdale. Wild Ennerdale is a huge area of land which is jointly owned by The National Trust, United Utilities and the Forestry Commission. Their vision is, "to allow the evolution of Ennerdale as a wild valley, for the benefit of people, relying more on natural processes to shape its landscape and ecology". One of the main things they have done is to restrict grazing to just a handful of cattle over the whole area. We are going to compare how the common land area within in it contrasts with another area of common nearby which is still intensively grazed by commoners. Today was our chance to carry out surveys to show what flora and fauna exists at Stair Knott.