Quarry Life Award: Boosting biodiversity through grazing in a limestone habitat

Judges of the Quarry Life Award recently visited our Horton quarry to view the progress of academic research project, ‘Boosting biodiversity through grazing in a limestone habitat’.

Now in its sixth edition, the Quarry Life Award is Heidelberg Materials’ nature-based competition. It aims to support and increase biodiversity at our quarry sites, strengthen relationships with communities and raise awareness about the importance of nature and habitats.

The research project is led by Carly Stevens, a professor of plant ecology and soil biochemistry at University of Lancaster and project leader of the Limestone Pavements Partnership.

The project will set up a grazing experiment in grassland and limestone pavement within Horton quarry. It will investigate whether summer or winter grazing is better for biodiversity and how plant communities change throughout the year.

Find out more about the project here: https://www.quarrylifeaward.com/en/projects/boosting-biodiversity-through-grazing-in-limestone-habitats