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Burnt heather on Shackleton Knoll, above Walshaw
by Phil Champion
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In the previous week the Walshaw Moor Estate had been carrying out heather... (more)
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Managed heather moorland
by Trevor Littlewood
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The heather lies east from the highest point of Long Man, a moorland hill along... (more)
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Burnt heather at Black Hill
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY8656
The Black Hill in question is on moorland close to Allendale Town.
Heather has... (more)
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Rocks and twigs on heather moorland
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY9150
A thin path, (not quite matching the route of a public footpath), crosses the... (more)
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Heather mosaic on Smardale Fell
by Andy Waddington
geograph for square NY7305
Category: Heather moorland
Like most heather moors managed for grouse, there are patches which have been... (more)
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Burnt heather on Shackleton Knoll, above Walshaw
by Phil Champion
geograph for square SD9831
In the previous week the Walshaw Moor Estate had been carrying out heather... (more)
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Flagstones through the heather
by Andy Stephenson
geograph for square SK1187
The footpath has been improved enormously over the years and is now a narrow,... (more)
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Broad, mown lane through heather
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NZ0242
Mown lanes are found frequently on heather moorland which is managed for grouse... (more)
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Stages of grouse moor management
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square SE7093
Grouse live on heather moorland and shooting estates manage their heather to... (more)
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Geometric patterns on heather moorland
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NZ0133
The un-natural rectangular shapes in the heather are due to the periodic burning... (more)
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Demarcation line
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY9748
Moorland on the north side of Burn Hope, the valley of the Burnhope Burn.... (more)
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Area of mown heather below Elsey Crag
by Trevor Littlewood
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The mown lines can be detected on the flat ground. The land is managed as grouse... (more)
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Tractor on moorland of Grey Carrs
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NZ0125
The tractor is part of a heather burning operation on the heather moorland, part... (more)
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Old heather burn on Spring Ridge
by Andy Waddington
geograph for square SD9794
Category: Heather moorland
Most of West Bolton Moor is heather in various stages of regeneration, with the... (more)
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Heather moorland at Nookton Fell
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY9148
On the moorland of Nookton Fell close to a location named on OS maps as Coppy... (more)
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Burnt heather on Shackleton Moor / Shackleton Knoll, above Walshaw
by Phil Champion
geograph for square SD9831
In the previous week the Walshaw Moor Estate had been carrying out heather... (more)
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Bee hives on heather moorland
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square SE5396
The hives are surrounded by bracken but heather moorland lies beyond. The aim is... (more)
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Moorland with bare heather twigs
by Trevor Littlewood
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North of Glas Choirein and south-east of Tighvein there's an area of... (more)
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Heather moorland beside Parci Gill
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square SE5395
The flowering heather on the slopes of the shallow valley of Parci Gill is still... (more)
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Heather moorland, Birkett Fell
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD6648
The heather in the foreground is very short and was probably burned a few years... (more)
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Footpath down the north side of Howdale Hill
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square NZ6402
With burnt heather on one side, and growing heather on the other.
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Bridleway at Wetshaw Bottom
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square NY9702
Clearly used by motor vehicles, presumably for the grouse shooting.
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Mown and baled heather - Harland Moor
by Colin Grice
geograph for square SE6792
Category: Moorland
This area has (unusually) been cut, baled, and removed with fairly standard farm... (more)
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Geometric shapes in heather on Stoterley Hill
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NZ0148
The moorland is managed for grouse shooting, heather areas being burned on a... (more)
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Mown 'lane' through heather, passing rocks
by Trevor Littlewood
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The mown lane is a fairly vague affair surely having regrown to some extent... (more)
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Flowering heather, Froggatt Edge
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SK2476
Britain has 75% of the world's heather moorlands, and the moors of the Peak... (more)
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Demarcation lines on heather moorland
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY9453
The different states of heather cover on this slope of Warlaw Pike are a result... (more)
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Moorland with bell heather in flower
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY9445
Bell heather (Erica cinerea), is much less common than ling, the heather... (more)
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Burned heather moorland
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY9947
The burnt area in the foreground and many others seen distantly have been fired... (more)
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Blackburn Head Hut - 2
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY9350
The shooting hut at Blackburn Head stands beside an old packhorse route, the... (more)
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Heather burning on Birkside Fell
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY9351
The moorland is part of Birkside Fell / Bulbeck Common lying below the path... (more)
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Blooming heather on Smardale Fell
by Andy Waddington
geograph for square NY7305
Category: Heather moorland
Unlike much of the heather moorland further east in the Pennines which is wet... (more)
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Heather flowering alongside hill road
by Trevor Littlewood
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Heather flowering at its height in mid-August. The route gives access to... (more)
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Flowering heather near to the Blackburn Head hut
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY9350
The shooting hut at Blackburn Head stands beside an old packhorse route, the... (more)
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Heather moorland with boundary stone
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NZ5802
Heather, approaching its flowering peak alongside the Cleveland Way rising... (more)
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Heather moorland above Burn Hope
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY9748
The moorland is sloping downwards towards Burn Hope. In the middle distance,... (more)
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Mown lane through heather beside Soulgill Grain
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY8619
Mown lanes in heather are common on moorland; they're usually cut around an... (more)
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Heather moorland and muirburn smoke, Birkscairn Hill
by Jim Barton
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Heather burning had started on the far side of Dun Rig. There is no sign of the... (more)
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Mown heather on Pikeston Fell
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NZ0533
The pale line between the twigs of the foreground heather and the thicker stuff... (more)
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Kinder Scout - Edale Moor
by Andy Stephenson
geograph for square SK1187
The vegetation has been subject to a lot of renovation in recent years, and the... (more)
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Rocks on heather moor
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square SE5495
The flowering heather at this location, (the shallow valley of Parci Gill), and... (more)
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Heather moorland near Plane Tree Farm
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square SE5194
The last flowering of the summer's heather and the roofs of Plane Tree Farm.
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Heather management near to Black Sike
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY8851
On grouse moors the dominant heather vegetation is burned periodically so as to... (more)
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Burnt heather on Howdale Hill
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square NZ6401
Makes for easier walking when you can't find the path!
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Public footpath passing through burnt heather
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square NZ6402
On the north side of Howdale Hill, looking towards Westerdale.
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Heather moorland
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG4272
The flat moorland here would be very boggy in wetter weather. The apparent wall... (more)
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Grouse butts below Barras End
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square NY9800
Part of a line running northwest - southeast.
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Sunken grouse butt, below the bridleway
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square NY9801
One of a line running southwest - northeast.
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Disused sheepfold at Surrender Ground
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square NY9702
With a fine view of distant Arkengarthdale.
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Bridleway at Wetshaw Bottom
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square NY9702
On the horizon, smoke from the fire near Wensleydale, seen two days earlier in... (more)
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