The leaves on the path around the roots are beech, some of those that hang around on the trees for longest. But young oaks this year are doing just as well. The tops may be bare but the lower sections have clung on well. Wind would seem to remove them faster than cold. One of Blacka's features is the presence of young self seeded oak and beech. 
This is due to the absence of grazing and management over many years and we also see it in the exuberant mounds of bilberry. The vegetation on these moors can be dreary in the extreme for much of the year especially when under the stranglehold of a grazing regime bureaucratically and unsympathetically managed. Outbreaks of character and interest are what we should be looking for in our landscape. If uniformity of grazing approach continues, where in 20 years will we find a scene like this?
This is due to the absence of grazing and management over many years and we also see it in the exuberant mounds of bilberry. The vegetation on these moors can be dreary in the extreme for much of the year especially when under the stranglehold of a grazing regime bureaucratically and unsympathetically managed. Outbreaks of character and interest are what we should be looking for in our landscape. If uniformity of grazing approach continues, where in 20 years will we find a scene like this?
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