It was an area of open heathland broken up by small clumps of trees, many misshapen and stunted by the constant attentions of wandering ponies. |
Avoid snake bites by avoiding areas such as heathland where they are more common. |
It says the council's primary role is to maintain the commons as a public amenity, rather than restore the area as a heathland habitat. |
This area of grazing marshes is now a nature reserve and includes woodland, marsh and heathland, and can be explored on marked trails. |
The pond is actually quite a large lake, fringed with extensive reedbeds and patches of willow scrub, surrounded by heathland and birch scrub. |
This will be replaced by mixed open forest and heathland, helping integrate the moorland, which has special protection status, to the forest. |