it's one of wales's most popular tourist spots, but the agricultural landscape on the gower peninsulanaged by the national trust is being returned to the way it would have been farmed in mediaeval times, as sian lloyd reports from ross—illee. returning this landscape to how it would have looked centuries ago. strips of small fields are the last remnants of an ancient style of farming that has all but disappeared. modern farming methods have favoured larger parcels of land. on this headland alone, more than three and a half miles of field boundaries were removed over time. but now they are putting them back. teams of volunteers have been working on this land known as the vile. they have returned six large fields to 17 smaller parcels of land. all the old fencing has just become embedded into the bank, so we want to take it out. and the guys are putting in new straining posts every 50 metres. so we are coming out about a metre, just to make the bank area wider, so it is a wider wildlife corridor. the transformation has been dramatic. this tired looking, over—grazed field, is now a sea o

one of wales's most popular tourist spots, but the agricultural landscape at rhosilli on the gower peninsularmed in medieval times , as sian lloyd reports. returning this landscape to how it would have looked centuries ago. strips of small fields are the last remnants of an ancient style of farming that has all but disappeared. modern farming methods have favoured larger parcels of land. on this headland alone, more than three and a half miles of field boundaries were removed over time. but now they are putting them back. teams of volunteers have been working on this land known as the vile. they have returned six large fields to 17 smaller parcels of land. all the old fencing has just become embedded into the bank, so we want to take it out. and the guys are putting in new straining posts every 50 metres. so we are coming out about a metre, just to make the bank area wider, so it is a wider wildlife corridor. the transformation has been dramatic. this tired looking, over—grazed field, is now a sea of yellow. a first crop of sunflowers and they've proved a huge hit with visitors who flock to

one of wales's most popular tourist spots, but the agricultural landscape at rhossili on the gower peninsulaeen farmed in medieval times, as sian lloyd reports. returning this landscape to how it would have looked centuries ago. strips of small fields are the last remnants of an ancient style of farming that has all but disappeared. modern farming methods have favoured larger parcels of land. on this headland alone, more than three and a half miles of field boundaries were removed over time. but now they are putting them back. teams of volunteers have been working on this land known as the vile. they have returned six large fields to 17 smaller parcels of land. all the old fencing has just become embedded into the bank, so we want to take it out. and the guys are putting in new straining posts every 50 metres. so we are coming out about a metre, just to make the bank area wider, so it is a wider wildlife corridor. the transformation has been dramatic. this tired looking, over—grazed field, is now a sea of yellow. a first crop of sunflowers and they've proved a huge hit with visitors who floc

crop of sunflowers and they've proved a huge hit with visitors who flock to the rhossili on the gower peninsulas an area of outstanding natural beauty. these are almost ready to harvest for birdseed. i think we are trying to demonstrate the model, where nature—friendly farming can work and you can make a profit on the back of that and, hopefully, that model can be shared more widely and maybe go towards creating policy that will instruct governments on how those incentives can be passed onto farmers. they have chosen to grow crops that are attractive to pollinators, like bumblebees. what we have is flower—rich hay meadows, alongside flower—rich crops and a network of boundaries that allow wildlife to move freely around the vile in a protected way. like a wildlife superhighway, if you like. the ambition here has been to improve the condition of farmland to benefit nature and wildlife. the extent to which environmentally friendly practices like this feature in future agricultural policy post—brexit is being discussed. sian lloyd, bbc news, rhossili. that's all from us tonight. here on bbc one, ti