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Cattle for more biodiversity: This is how Galloways revitalize the Brucker Moos

2024-02-23T13:01:43.576Z

Highlights: Cattle for more biodiversity: This is how Galloways revitalize the Brucker Moos. 18 Galloway cattle from the Tristl family from Kastenseeon near Glonn have been living in the areas in Bruck. This robust breed is ideal for extensive, year-round pasture farming. With their dung, the cattle provide the biostarter for lots of insects. Meadow breeders such as the lapwing and the whinchat also benefit from ruminants.



As of: February 23, 2024, 1:49 p.m

By: Anna Liebelt

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Since May 2023, 18 Galloway cattle from the Tristl family from Kastenseeon near Glonn have been living in the areas in Brucker Moos.

This robust breed is ideal for extensive, year-round pasture farming.

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18 Galloway cattle have been bringing a breath of fresh air to the Brucker Moos for almost a year.

With their dung they ensure more biodiversity.

Experts are satisfied with the grazing.

Bruck – The Brucker Moos has had new residents for almost a year: an 18-head herd of Galloway cattle.

The fluffy animals with the characteristic white belly belt are said to contribute to more species diversity there.

At least that was the plan from the district office and the Ebersberg landscape conservation association at the beginning of the “Brucker Moos grazing” project in spring 2023. A now published inventory of important animal species and biotopes on the Galloways pasture shows: The cattle fulfill their purpose.

Lots of biodiversity in the Brucker Moos: cattle herd is intended to increase species richness

As a “particularly ecologically relevant area”, the Brucker Moos has a lot of potential for biodiversity, according to the district office.

In recent years, the authority has repeatedly transferred new areas into public hands, designated compensation areas and promoted agricultural management.

The goal: increase species richness and create new habitats for birds.

A male stonechat uses the pasture fence in the Brucker Moos as a perch.

© Josef Rüegg

However, these measures alone were not enough in the past.

That should change with the 18 Galloway cattle from the Tristl family from Kastenseeon.

Because with their piles of dung, which they diligently spread in the moss, the cattle provide the biostarter for lots of insects.

Meadow breeders such as the lapwing and the whinchat also benefit from ruminants.

The cattle also keep grasses and trees small and bring more moisture into the areas, according to the district office.

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“The first year of grazing got off to a very good start,” the authority now reports.

The robust cattle, which are characterized by an economical metabolism, have settled well into their new home.

And their presence was already felt in the summer of 2023.

During an inventory of vegetation, breeding birds, grasshoppers, dragonflies and cicadas, some endangered animal species were again spotted in the Brucker Moos.

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Das erste Weidejahr ist sehr gut angelaufen

Landratsamt Ebersberg

Neben dem Schwarzkehlchen, das sogar im Moos gebrütet hat, habe sich auch das Braunkehlchen sowie die Libellenart „Zweigestreifte Quelljunfer“ blicken lassen. „Über diese Beobachtungen haben sich die Projektakteure besonders gefreut“, betont das Landratsamt. Dennoch müssen die Rinder auch weiterhin gezielt beobachtet werden, damit sie keinen Schaden im Brucker Moos anrichten. Bei Bedarf, erklärt das Landratsamt, können sensible Bereiche ausgezäunt oder eingekoppelt werden.

Erste Schlachtung der Galloways im Herbst: Weidefleisch soll regional vermarktet werden

Im Gegenzug sei aber auch eine temporär intensivere Beweidung möglich. Nötig sei das bisher allerdings noch nicht gewesen. In diesem Jahr sollen nun sukzessive weitere Flächen für die Rinderherde hinzukommen, die dementsprechend mitwachsen kann. Bis 2026 sollen den Tieren dann rund 54 Hektar zur Verfügung stehen. Ein Highlight gebe es allerdings schon diesen Herbst: Dann steht die erste Schlachtung an. Das Weidefleisch soll lokal vermarktet werden.

Auch die Zweigestreifte Quelljungfer hat sich im Brucker Moos blicken lassen.Foto: Klaus Burbach © Klaus Burbach

„Das Beweidungsprojekt im Brucker Moos zeigt, wie Landwirtschaft und Artenschutz Hand in Hand gehen können. Ich bin stolz darauf, dass wir mit unserer innovativen Herangehensweise nicht nur die Artenvielfalt im Brucker Moos bereichern, sondern auch einen Beitrag zum Umweltschutz und zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung unserer Region leisten“, sagt Landrat Robert Niedergesäß.

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