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The farm includes a section of internationally designated heathland and an important habitat for breeding waders.
Ughill Farm lies within the Sheffield Lakeland Landscape area. It is 132 hectares and comprises a mixture of ‘improved’ pasture, rough pasture, woodland and stream corridor, an old quarry (now a mosaic heath habitat with a small water body) and a piece of land that is part of the Eastern Moors Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Special Protection Area (SPA).
Ughill Farm includes primary habitats of European importance including dry heaths, blanket bogs and old sessile oak woods as well as habitat for several upland breeding species, including birds of prey, waders and migratory birds such as merlin, golden plover and dunlin. The farm is also partially designated under the Countryside Stewardship agri-environment scheme as a priority area for Upland Breeding Birds which are currently in decline including curlew, lapwing and snipe.
Owning, managing and using this land for nature friendly farming, will make a significant contribution to our ambition of ensuring 30% of land and water is good for nature by 2030.
Since we took ownership of Ughill Farm, we have been working alongside the local community and building relationships with local farmers and landowners. It is an opportunity to learn from each other and for us to understand more about the history of the landscape. We have an active team of volunteers who support work at Ughill. Volunteer Rangers play a key role in patrolling the site and monitoring biodiversity, while other volunteers contribute through ecological surveying, dry stone walling, and photography projects. We also collaborate with both Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sheffield as well as special interest groups including the South Yorkshire Bat Group.