ENVIRONMENTAL WINS 2019


Bats – 13 of the 18 bats
UK species counted

Owls – All 5 species found

Nightingales – 34 territories
recorded at peak

Turtle doves – only growing
UK population

Purple Emperor Butterfly –
388 counted in one day
(Largest UK habitat)

Potential record for highest
density of birds in UK

3000 species found in
total in Knepp

75 nationally
scarce species

22 Red list birds recorded

Total Soil carbon doubled

Microbial biomass –
more than doubled

Fungal/Bacterial ratio
recovered
FINANCIAL WINS 2019

Basic payment (BPS)
@ £205/ha
£202,000 (11%)

Environmental Stewardship
@ £191/ha
£202,000 (12%)

Commercial let of offices, warehouses, workshop
(130,000 sq ft)
£650,000 (£35%)

7 Houses released
from Agriculture
£120,000 (7%)

Organic free range livestock
(75 Tonnes LW) £120,000 (7%)

Leisure/Tourism
Camping/Glamping and Safaris
£500 (28%)
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