moorlands

This species, which is endemic to marshes and moorlands located in the Ethiopian highlands, is very much like the northern lapwing, V. vanellus, found in Europe: it is a relatively tame, noisy bird with a swerving flight that feeds on the ground, making short runs and sudden stops.

Mystery bird: Spot-breasted plover, Vanellus melanocephalus 2011

So we went to the cabin, and explored the moorlands.

Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

Without air, the bacteria and fungi that usually destroy wood in a matter of years can't grow, meaning many lakes and moorlands in Europe are considered archaeological treasure troves.

Swiss Door From 5,000 Years Ago Discovered By Archaeologists Craig Kanalley 2010

This species, which is endemic to marshes and moorlands located in the Ethiopian highlands, is very much like the northern lapwing, V. vanellus, found in Europe: it is a relatively tame, noisy bird with a swerving flight that feeds on the ground, making short runs and sudden stops.

Mystery bird: Spot-breasted plover, Vanellus melanocephalus 2011

It lacks even the debatable beauty of more elegant bits of the motorway network – the Chilterns cutting on the M40, the Shap moorlands on the M6, and the farmhouse trapped between the carriageways high on the M62.

In praise of … the M1 | Editorial 2011

You don't often see a heat haze over moorlands here at this time of year, but recently the air above the heather has been wobbling in the heat.

Country diary: Westgate, Weardale 2011

So we went to the cabin, and explored the moorlands.

Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

In the UK, some familiar species will become scarcer as our rare habitats mires, bogs and moorlands are lost.

20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011

Fay Godwin's Remains Of Elmet, commissioned to accompany Ted Hughes's poems of the same name, view the brooding moorlands of the Calder Valley into stark monochrome tragedies.

This week's new exhibitions 2010

The red grouse has been part of the moorlands 'social history for centuries.

Oh what a glorious day it is – except for the grouse 2010