ALTHOUGH most of the landscape that we enjoy in Wales has been formed by man's influence over centuries, it would be easy to believe that our remaining upland heather moors are naturally-formed ...

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SCOTLAND'S heather moorland is abuzz with productivity, and the bees and honey producers can thank red grouse. Rural estates have reported a rapid increase in honeybee populations on grouse-managed ...

A beetle infestation which destroyed huge swathes of moorland heather now presents a "massive fire risk", a gamekeeper has said. The increase of heather beetles on the North York Moors has turned the ...

More than 1,500 bags of heather have been scattered over the worst fire-damaged areas of Ilkley Moor to help revive the much-loved landscape. A fire ravaged about 180 hectares of the world-famous moor ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract (1) Botanical composition, grazing treatment and trends in heather (Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull.) were recorded for periods of 4-15 years at ...

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Honey supplies have taken a "worrying hit", one producer warns Heather honey production has been brought to a halt by an increase in the numbers of a pest which eats the plant, beekeepers in the north ...

Moorland fires have raged across Yorkshire this summer, with incidents at Langdale Moor in the North York Moors National Park and Marsden Moor near Huddersfield. Gamekeepers and rural landowners often ...

EAST Lancashire’s grouse moors are helping to keep the threat to Britain’s smallest birds of prey at bay. Merlins are flying in to nest on heather moorland managed by gamekeepers for wild red grouse ...