Yorkshire moors on fire

[Rough Hewn]

Today's view from the yard.

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[Matthew Storrs]

Poor nesting birds and other little animals. Makes me mad that so often it’s people’s stupidity and recklessness that causes this- should be given a good hiding on account of environmental damages.

[Rough Hewn]

3 arrests for arson

[openspaceman]

2 hours ago, Matthew Storrs said:

Poor nesting birds and other little animals. Makes me mad that so often it’s people’s stupidity and recklessness that causes this- should be given a good hiding on account of environmental damages.

The 30ha by me that went up last month had 5 kites circling over it last week. Not only after all the reptile bodies but also getting any newly emerging  animals that now have no cover for many yards.

[daveatdave]

10 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

 

Today's view from the yard.

 

owned by the NT they are not managing it properly where are the fire brakes. same as likely moor owned by Bradford council revoked the shooting license at the end of last season and have not touched it since, before the keepers did the moor management    

[Stere]

Majority of moorland  a  plagio climax vegetation that would natural revert to woodland, and fires & sheep is how its maintained  as such....

 

Are natural fires or arson alot worse for nature than the controlled burning & sheep that maintain the enviroment? Isn't it just the same process but all in one go/ larger scale as opposssed to alot of smaller fires management, that are needed to reduce the fuel load  of dead flammable material  that  causes the large fires?

 

With another hot summer likely to be a load of fires like last year

[drinksloe]

It will depend on the moorland, not all would resort to woodlands.

Plenty in Scotland that are unmanaged and don't resort to trees.

 

As for proper muirburn, tends to be different for sheep or grouse.

Sheep tend to be tartar bigger areas, whereas grouse will be loads of small areas. For the very reason open space mentions above young shoots as per to areas of old heather for cover, nesting.

Also any muirburn should off been finished last month unless over 2000 feet.

So all finished before bird nesting season.

Plus with a muirburn ur only burning the vegetation when done right a natural burn can go deeper into the peat so resulting in losing stored carbon and erosion water contamination etc, so can take longer to recover from.