Kinniside Common

Our school visited Kinniside common on the 1st of July to compare the differences from two different sections of common land. The first section of common land was at Stair Knott in Wild Ennerdale. Our first visit to common land was on the 25th June where we surveyed different areas of land by using metre squares to record the different species of plants and animals that live there, when we went up to Kinniside Common we used this same method to identify the differences of species. When we went up to Kinniside Common there was a noticeable difference between the two sections of common land. The reason is that kinniside is being intensively grazed by 17 commoners. Walking back to school though we saw lots of flowers in the hedgerows and verges like the orchid above.