What is conservation grazing?

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Thousands of years ago, a variety of grazing animals would once have roamed here, including European bison, wild ox and beavers. Their different methods of grazing and disturbance created a dynamic landscape of trees, scrub, heathland, marshes, grassland, groves and thickets. This in turn would have helped to develop rich and diverse wildlife communities.
Since the reduction of natural grazing animals, Gloucestershire has seen a decline in species that relied on the more open habitats these animals created - such as the small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly. In order to enhance and protect this mosaic of different habitats; cattle, sheep and ponies have been introduced to help create and maintain open spaces, especially heathland.
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[@robertfinucane5229]

But sheep aren't native. Ponies and cattle replicate the effects of their wild ancestors which roamed here for tens of thousands of years, sheep however have only been here a blink of an eye and so much ecological damage has been caused by them.

[@bilbothehobbit]

But still these days they work great, they even spread seeds with their fur :)