For DEFRA · Natural England · RPA

Auditable grazing evidence for common land

Over half of England's common land is SSSI, and it sits at the centre of upland environmental policy. Flockarewe turns live GPS/LoRaWAN grazing data into the real-time, auditable records that evidence-based stocking, SSSI condition assessment and continuous monitoring now require.

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Why now

The policy context

Commons excluded from 2026 schemes

Common land can't currently be entered into SFI26 or CS Higher Tier. Associations need to be scheme-ready with auditable records for when access returns.

Evidence-based stocking, post-Dartmoor

Stocking decisions must now rest on evidence, not anecdote. A planned-versus-actual, GPS-backed record is exactly that evidence.

The 2028 SSSI condition target

Every SSSI needs an up-to-date condition assessment. Real-time grazing data and structured surveys cut the cost and frequency of contractor monitoring.

RPA “checks-by-monitoring”

Continuous monitoring is replacing periodic sampling — participants increasingly need to demonstrate compliance in real time.

BCMS → Livestock Information Service

The 2026 LIS transition for cattle is a natural integration point for movement data enriched with commons context.

What Flockarewe provides

Evidence, by design

Immutable audit trail

Every change — who, what and when — recorded and retained for seven years. The evidence trail behind agri-environment claims.

Planned vs actual stocking

Set the planned stocking per common and season; compare automatically against GPS-tracked actual grazing, with over/under-grazed flags.

SSSI condition monitoring

Record SSSI / SAC / SPA designations and CSM condition against live grazing density. Flags under-grazing (wildfire) and over-grazing.

One-click evidence packs

A printable / PDF pack per common: grazing summary, planned-vs-actual stocking, breaches, signed declarations and a change-log extract.

Read-only officer links

A revocable web link lets a Natural England or RPA officer view a common’s compliance dashboard — no login required.

LIS-ready movement records

Movement records enriched with commoner and holding (CPH) context, ready for the Livestock Information Service.

The fit

Built around your challenges

Common land excluded from 2026 schemes

Keeps associations scheme-ready with auditable records, so they can claim quickly when access returns.

Stocking must be evidence-based (Dartmoor)

Planned-versus-actual, GPS-backed stocking records give a defensible basis for stocking decisions.

Every SSSI assessed and on track by 2028

Real-time density, condition tracking and structured surveys reduce contractor fieldwork and speed assessment.

RPA moving to continuous monitoring

Real-time, exportable compliance evidence and an immutable audit trail lower audit risk.

Wildfire risk from under-grazing

Under-grazing flags and grazing-pressure data feed fuel-load and prescribed-burning decisions.

BCMS → LIS transition

LIS-ready movement data enriched with stint-holder and holding context.

Let's make commons a data-driven partner

We'd welcome a conversation about aligning Flockarewe's evidence outputs with Common Standards Monitoring, SFI / Countryside Stewardship record-keeping and the Livestock Information Service.

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