Sheep grazing has returned to the Miklapuszta project area after several decades. Currently, around 200 Grey Cattle and 500 sheep are roaming the landscape, effectively implementing habitat management in the protected area. Once upon a time, 2000 to 2500 sheep grazed in Miklapuszta. As livestock farming declined, sheep-grazing gradually disappeared from the core project area, where a grassy steppe vegetation has established and several undesirable plant species (Common Reed, Russian Olive, Common Milkweed) have proliferated. Livestock control these plants by their grazing and trampling, and their manure provides nutrients to the native vegetation and for the development of arthropod larvae, which can provide food for insectivorous birds, particularly to two target species of the project, the Eurasian Stone Curlew and the Kentish Plover. Grass kept short by grazing animals are preferred breeding habitats for these birds.
