Overview

• The herd arrived by boat earlier this week and will remain until October to keep vegetation short.
• Conservation managers say ground-nesting species shun bushes because they instinctively associate them with foxes.
• The focus is the potato rose, a thorny non-native from the Pacific region that has spread from gardens and parks.
• Landschaftspflegeverein Dummersdorfer Ufer provided the goats to support the volunteer-run work of Verein Langenwerder.
• Walfisch is one of three protected islets in the Wismarbucht alongside Langenwerder and Kieler Ort, and despite being under nine hectares it hosts several hundred breeding pairs.