gorse

Example Sentences

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The birds thrive in lowland heath habitats, nesting in the dense gorse, where they also hunt for spiders and caterpillars.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

In April 2010 major damage was caused to woodland outside Annalong during a deliberate gorse fire.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

It was farmer Dave Matthews who found the skeletal remains of a man who became known as Some Mother's Son while cutting gorse near Tregantle Fort in Cornwall in 1982.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The hill also caught fire in February 2019, with dozens of firefighters working through the night to extinguish a large gorse blaze.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

The way grew steeper and the earth darker, a peaty black dotted with gorse.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell