Commons Stories is a collection of stories from four upland common regions across England: Dartmoor, the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District and the Shropshire Hills.
You’ll find written and photographic portraits of people, short videos, audio clips, and reflections on events through the year, as well as reflections on some of the challenges of building sustainable futures for people and landscape in these special places.
The collection is put together by somewhere nowhere duo, writer Harriet Fraser and photographer Rob Fraser, with contributions from commoners using GoPro cameras to capture snippets of their day-to-day lives on the farm and in the hills.
Matt Betton has been contracted by the Our Upland Commons project to do some active shepherding on Stiperstones, to encourage sheep to graze more widely and in doing so, help to conserve and enhance the very special habitat that supports an abundance of bird and butterfly species.
Read MoreAn introduction to Simon Cooter, Senior Reserve Manager at Stiperstones National Nature Reserve in the Shropshire Hills
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