heathland
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Its landscapes include grasslands, lagoons, heathland and vegetated shingle, which supports a range of creatures, flora and fauna - not just birds.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
He said it was also home to a number of rare invertebrates including "beetles and the beewolf wasp that depend on the mosaic of heathland and grassland habitats to survive".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
A large wildfire burning through heathland on the Suffolk coast has been declared a major incident.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
More than 50 firefighters and two helicopters continued to tackle the blaze on Friday, which started in heathland near Ryvoan Bothy, south of Nethy Bridge.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Beyond it were slopes covered with sombre trees like dark clouds, but all about them lay a tumbled heathland, grown with ling and broom and cornel, and other shrubs that they did not know.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
The charity said future plans included genetic analysis to trace the spider's origins and surveys of nearby heathlands in Sherwood Forest to find potential new sites.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
Typically contaminants such as lead and arsenic are more concentrated in the heathlands further up the mountains.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2024
It comprises diverse natural habitats, like riparian forests, standing- and flowing waters, open and semi-open inland dunes, and heathlands, and is surrounded by diverse landscapes of forests, rivers, and wetlands.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2024
Containing rivers such as the Lugg and the Teme, the area is home to long-established rural communities and dotted with ancient woodlands, heathlands and peatland.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2023
Wilder scenery now, dark, frowning mountains, lonely glens, heathlands, highlands, cañons, and tarns, then a long and fertile flat, every sod of which marks a Scottish warrior’s grave.
From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Stables, Gordon
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