moorland

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

From BBC • May 21, 2026

They are commonly found in the south and south-west of England, western Wales and Scotland and their habitats include sand dunes, rocky hillsides, moorland and woodland edges.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

From a hillside above Abercarn in Caerphilly county, Grace Lloyd points across the moorland she can see from her home.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Grace, 67, a retired geologist, has lived on the edge of Abercarn for more than 20 years, where housing gives way to open moorland.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Through three high windows he saw the moorland, bare and brown, snow-patched here and there, in the mild sunlight of winter.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin