A flight At Gentleshaw Common After Arsonists Had Started A Grass Fire
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These areas wee burned periodically in the past - the result of stopping this is scrub invasion, increasing fertility (bad for wild flowers) and eventually woodland which has its value - but lowland heath with just a scatter of trees and bushes is a rare habitat with a good specialised range of plants and animals.
The burnt area will soon recover and it will be interesting to monitor how a greater variety appears as it recolonises.
When the heath is never burned an excessive amount of material builds up and a very hot extreme wild fire will eventually take out a large area.
Optimum management would be controlled burning of small areas in rotation during drier spells in Winter or early Spring.
The burnt area will soon recover and it will be interesting to monitor how a greater variety appears as it recolonises.
When the heath is never burned an excessive amount of material builds up and a very hot extreme wild fire will eventually take out a large area.
Optimum management would be controlled burning of small areas in rotation during drier spells in Winter or early Spring.
