moorland

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For example the government's Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme, which was updated last month, includes further incentives for farmers to graze moorland with cattle and ponies instead of sheep as it "contributes positively to biodiversity".

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Local farmers also formed a so-called "Farmy Army" to work alongside firefighters as the moorland blaze raged.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Last summer, fires that burned across moorland at Carrbridge and Dava in the Highlands were described as the biggest Scotland had ever seen.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Blazes that burned across moorland at Carrbridge and Dava in the Highlands earlier this summer have been called the biggest wildfires Scotland has ever seen.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

Instead, after fifteen minutes or so of motoring, I found myself out on a long road curving across bleak, open moorland.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro