Water buffalo boost wildlife at Hertfordshire nature reserve

Water buffalo boost wildlife at Hertfordshire nature reserve

submitted by GreyShuck to nature8 points | 0 commentshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8xvxe1qzzdoA herd of water buffalo introduced to a wetland two years ago is having a positive effect on wildlife, a charity has said. Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust said the animals, based in Wivenhoe in Essex, had been returned to Thorley Wash Nature Reserve for a third year to graze ditches, waterlogged marshy areas and wet grassland. Reserves officer…