Groups of welsh ponies are grazing on the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust's reserve at Daneway Banks.
Ponies are playing an important role in conservation in the Cotswolds.
They eat dominant plants, tread down bracken and create new spaces for rich biodiversity, including boosting numbers of the rare large blue butterfly.Mr Sumnall, lead land manager, said while cattle and sheep can also be used, this particular reserve is in a TB hotspot and so getting them on and off the reserve, and the complications of that, can be difficult.
"They come onto the reserve, they graze and take down all last year's growth and as they are doing that, their hooves are moving seed around and creating pockets of bare ground and they are also transporting seeds around on their coats. "Because they are a hardy breed, they can stay out in all weathers, throughout the winter and will target the really rough ground that some of our more modern breeds will struggle on," Mr Sumnall said.
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