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The Woodland Education Centre
The Heathland Restoration Project
Trialling different methods of management for heathland restoration.

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The Heathland Restoration Project is a habitat management experiment which has been running since 1995. The aim of the experiment is to restore a lowland heath habitat on the project site, while also examining the effects of different management techniques on the restoration process. The project is based on a 2 hectare site at the Woodland Education Centre in Offwell, near Honiton, Devon, SW England.

Heathland Restoration Project
Contents

Introduction to the Heathland Restoration Project

Site Description

Soil Characteristics

Site Diagram and Habitat Management Methods

Ecological Survey Methods

Introduction to the Ecological Surveys

Ecological Survey Reports

Conclusions 1996 - 2001

Plant Species List

Article describing the site after 5 years

Secondary Succession on the Control Section

Bluebell Ecological Sampling Exercise

The Woodland Education Centre

Find out more about

Lowland Heath Habitats

and

Ecological Sampling Techniques

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