Island of Lowland Heath
This unusually steep outcrop (for this part of the world), is covered in birch, heather, broom, gorse and bracken. It is a rare survivor of a once large expanse of lowland heath, formerly part of the Royal Forest of Sherwood. Improved agricultural techniques and agro-forestry has seen Sherwood's acid heathland ecosystem almost eradicated in the last 200 years. This ecosystem is rare, and globally threatened. In the background are Blidworth Woods (Right) and Haywood Oaks (Left.) Taken near Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, UK
Island of Lowland Heath
This unusually steep outcrop (for this part of the world), is covered in birch, heather, broom, gorse and bracken. It is a rare survivor of a once large expanse of lowland heath, formerly part of the Royal Forest of Sherwood. Improved agricultural techniques and agro-forestry has seen Sherwood's acid heathland ecosystem almost eradicated in the last 200 years. This ecosystem is rare, and globally threatened. In the background are Blidworth Woods (Right) and Haywood Oaks (Left.) Taken near Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, UK