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The site is currently closed to the general public while we install footpaths and carry out necessary management work to bring the site in line with health and safety regulations, we hope to have the site open by summer 2006. However we would like to invite you to join us on a guided walk this summer on Friday 19th August at 14.00hrs or Tuesday 23rd August at 19.00hrs, if you wish to come on either of the walks please ring Fiona Robertson on 0151 9203769 or e-mail at frobertson@lwildlife.cix.co.uk to book and to get information on where to meet.
Text taken from Coastlines Summer 2005
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This wonderful heathland landscape is how we hope Freshfield Dune Heath will look in years to come. This vision was commissioned by the Lancashire Wildlife Trust and is now used on two interpretation boards on site at the dune heath. This vision will be realised in the long term through a commitment to reducing scrub over the site, by carrying out woodland management work in line with the Sefton Coast Woodlands Forest Plan and by a long-term commitment to maintaining the heather heathland through mowing and grazing. In April this year a flock of Hebridean sheep was introduced to the site to maintain the grass sward, to help reduce scrub and to increase the diversity within the hay meadow, if this year's flock are successful in their summer grazing we hope to extend the use of stock across much of the site.