The Belted Galloway cows provide low – intensity grazing at Swan Barn Farm during the spring and summer months to help increase biodiversity. The cattle break up the sward, creating ideal habitat for a range of species. An extensive grazing system requires little need for chemical treatment meaning a whole range of wildlife benefits. The cowpats alone support up to 250 species of insect and in turn provide food for birds, badgers and bats. They are a key part of the jigsaw that make up the landscape, as well as the cyclic pattern of the changing seasons. Having them here is one of the real pleasures of our work and without them our local landscape would be much the poorer.