Much of the success of increasing the numbers of ground nesting birds has depended on developing fencing to exclude most Foxes and Badgers from the core areas. This has been a great investment in materials and staff and volunteer time, and it will be an ongoing commitment to retain much of the bird breeding interest of the area.

This fencing also enables the 400,000 visitors and their many dogs to visit the reserve and have little impact on the nesting birds.