An ancient breed of pigs are creating healthy wetland areas for wildlife by chomping on a problem plant.

Iron age pigs are a hybrid of wild boar and domestic pigs and are close to the pigs represented in prehistoric cave paintings. They are currently helping us manage a non native invasive plant species, crassula helmsii - also known as New Zealand pigmyweed – at our Lilbourne Meadows reserve in Northamptonshire.

The reserve is still being created but part of the site has recently opened to the public with a new path accessible on foot by visitors.