Thursday 22 August 2013

Thistledown



One day in August the air is full of thistledown. Not surprising when you see the number of thistles in the sheep enclosure.



The spear thistles are not without interest and character but it's a poor reflection on ten years' management of this as a nature reserve that there's so little else to see. Can anyone seriously claim that conservation grazing is successful when they are walking through this sheep ghetto?


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