moorland

Example Sentences

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Natural England is including the ponies in livestock counts under its new moorland agri-environmental schemes that provide payments for farmers for grazing upland in ways that benefit nature.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

The fire in a vast area of moorland around Grantown-on-Spey and Forres started on 28 June.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Many of the eight possible release areas have moorland used for driven grouse-shooting, a traditional field sport where red grouse, which golden eagles eat, are driven towards shooters by beaters.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

It was particularly complex due to the location and nature of the site, which was "a very remote area of moorland with limited water supplies and difficult access for emergency resources", a spokesperson said.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Otherwise only their breathing in the silence of the salt moorland.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy