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The North York Moors contains the largest continuous tract of upland heather... (more)

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The footpath has been improved enormously over the years and is now a narrow,... (more)

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A path on the Quantock Hills in Somerset. To the left is a clump of heather,... (more)

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Heather and gorse on the Quantock Hills in Somerset. This image was taken in... (more)

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Purple flowers on heather on the Quantock Hills in Somerset. Heather flowers in... (more)

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Seeing this brown heather on Brown Clee Hill I was reminded of a news story I... (more)

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Mown lanes are found frequently on heather moorland which is managed for grouse... (more)

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The un-natural rectangular shapes in the heather are due to the periodic burning... (more)

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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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The heather is burning intentional as part of the management of the moor for... (more)

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A colourful scene on the Quantock Hills in Somerset. Three rams pause from... (more)

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A track on the Quantock Hills in Somerset. This image was taken in late August... (more)

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With the heather dry after a number of days without rain and the weather set... (more)

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The heather lies east from the highest point of Long Man, a moorland hill along... (more)

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A large pile of heather brash waiting to be distributed around the moors by... (more)

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A close up view of the local flora and geology, with Mam Tor behind. The Rock... (more)

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Bell heather blooms earlier than common heather but keeps in flower a long time.... (more)

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See... (more)

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Heather burning to the north-west of the minor hill, Lindalla. Mount Blair lies... (more)

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The heather slopes are descending from Cold Fell towards the valley of the Black... (more)

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The tractor is part of a heather burning operation on the heather moorland, part... (more)

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This is an area of heather moor beside the Waskerley Way. There is a good view... (more)

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The burnt area in the foreground and many others seen distantly have been fired... (more)

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The moorland is part of Birkside Fell / Bulbeck Common lying below the path... (more)

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Looking south from near the summit of this part of the road from Gifford to Longformacus.

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The path approximates closely to the route of a bridleway but is certainly just... (more)

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Mid-August and heather is in full bloom to the west of the A683

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Heather flowering at its height in mid-August. The route gives access to... (more)

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The shooting hut at Blackburn Head stands beside an old packhorse route, the... (more)

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Heather, approaching its flowering peak alongside the Cleveland Way rising... (more)

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The pale twigs of heather are what remains of it when 'muirburn' has... (more)

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The location is along the route of the Cross Borders Drove Road south-west of... (more)

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Mown lanes in heather are common on moorland; they're usually cut around an... (more)

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Heather burning is part of the management system on grouse moors. Turner Beck is... (more)

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In late August the flowering heather above Fine Burn is just past its peak; the... (more)

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Bales of heather brash waiting to be distributed around the moors by helicopter.... (more)

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A big lawn mower. The tractor is cutting a swath through the heather. I'm... (more)

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The flowering heather on the slopes of the shallow valley of Parci Gill is still... (more)

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The flowering heather at this location, (the shallow valley of Parci Gill), and... (more)

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Parci Gill is a name that seems more fitting for a Welsh location than the North... (more)

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In summer the slopes of Great Calva are carpeted with purple heather. The path... (more)

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The Cumbria Way long distance path follows a path through the heather as it... (more)

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On Whitehall Moss, on the east side of the Waskerley Way.

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View to the west from the Waskerley Way with the heather in bloom on the moor.

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Heather in flower in mid-August along the ridge crest at the north side of... (more)

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On the scenic yellow road from Garvald to the Whiteadder Reservoir.

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The view is from a minor road cutting through the Lammermuir Hills between... (more)

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The undulating ground of the northern area of Newtyle Hill seen from the summit,... (more)

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