Our Reserves:
Kenn Moor

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Kenn Moor Reserve comprises four fields. The original two fields were purchased with the help of local residents in 2006 and in 2024 YACWAG was again helped by local residents to purchase the two adjoining fields.

Kenn Moor

Kenn Moor Reserve comprises four fields.

The original two fields were purchased with the help of local residents in 2006 and the larger of these, approximately four acres, was managed by rough grazing. In December 2020 the smallest field nearest the road was planted with 14 standard apple trees to create a small traditional orchard. The larger field is used for rough grazing and is wet, attracting overwintering birds such as Snipe and other waders.

In December 2024 YACWAG was again helped by local residents to purchase the two adjoining fields. Plans include planting 150 metres of hedge, converting the stable into a bat roost and planting another small orchard

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Kenn Moor 2024

ORIGNAL 2006 SITE

GRID REFERENCE: ST 427665 (small field), ST 428664 (large field)

SIZE: Small field 0.15 ha, Large field 1.57 ha

PREVIOUS OWNER: Mrs Butler and Mrs Crocker

WHEN PURCHASED: December 2006

PURCHASE PRICE: £42,700

HOW FUNDED: Local residents' donations & YACWAG funds

HABITAT CREATION: Natural England & North Somerset Council

SPECIAL WILDLIFE:

Stonechats breed here. The fields are left undisturbed. YACWAG’s only record of a Great Crested Newt is from Kenn Moor Reserve.

PUBLIC ACCESS:

Visual access to the fields is available at all times via a public footpath on adjacent land to the north, and also from Kenn Moor Road and the railway. The fields may also be visited by arrangement with YACWAG for educational, survey and monitoring purposes.

YACWAG Chairperson Tony Moulin at the entrance gate after the new extension acquired in 2024

2024 EXTENSION

GRID REFERENCE: ST 42895 66401

SIZE: 1.61 hectares (3.96 acres)

PREVIOUS OWNER: Rebecca Priest

WHEN PURCHASED: 2024

PURCHASE PRICE: £120,000

HOW FUNDED: Residents’ donations and YACWAG funds (from a bequest)

SPECIAL WILDLIFE:

Barn owls and kestrels hunt small mammals in the grass.

PUBLIC ACCESS:

Leave off reference to Kenn Moor Road - however the land can still be seen from the railway and the public footpath to the north.

James Field and Tony Moulin

take a look at the rushy pasture.

Orchard on Kenn Moor 2021.

In 2016 YACWAG laid the hedge at the northern edge

of the reserve, opening up new views.

Location

Kenn Moor

Yatton

North Somerset

Note: the fields mentioned above are in this vicinity

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Our Reserves:Kenn Moor

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Kenn Moor Reserve comprises four fields. The original two fields were purchased with the help of local residents in 2006 and in 2024 YACWAG was again helped by local residents to purchase the two adjoining fields.

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