Fires.

[Bearded Munch]

There is a lot of fires being started on the mountains around us in S Wales including this one of Machen opposite our house. The helicopter has been back and forth for a while and we have a reservoir behind us which is handy.

[mendiplogs]

There is a lot of fires being started on the mountains around us in S Wales including this one of Machen opposite our house. The helicopter has been back and forth for a while and we have a reservoir behind us which is handy.

 

HI MATE is it now out thanks jon

[Bearded Munch]

It looked out but has restarted not long ago

[scale90]

It look's more like a fuse going to that space rocket on top of Machen mountain:001_tt2:

[matelot]

I didn't think it had been particularly dry in the last few weeks?

 

is it dry bracken that is burning?

[Stubby]

Not burning heather are they ( for grouse habitat ) Oct 1st --April 10th .

[peatff]

We were near Rossendale Lancashire yesterday delivering a Yamaha and could see the moors burning from the bungalow we were at. It looked a lot of smoke.

[sasha.p]

I think its disgusting the amount of fires we have had over the past few weeks totally senseless so much habitat lost and wildlife injured

[TGB]

Catching the sods is hard enough but what happens when they get caught? A slap on the wrists. I reckon the UK ought to follow Spain's lead in these matters.

 

You cause a fire that damages anything that isn't yours, you pay the total cost. And that includes reinstatement of land, waterways, highways, services, wildlife; and the replacement of stock, vehicles, buildings; and the total cost of putting the fire out. If you can't cover the costs or plead poverty, then it's the clink for you. After the Spanish introduced these laws & penalties, the instances of wild fires and 'accidental' fires decreased by approx. 85%.

[openspaceman]

I think its disgusting the amount of fires we have had over the past few weeks totally senseless so much habitat lost and wildlife injured

 

I used to see a lot in the 70s in South Wales where the FC were trying to establish plantations, I assumed it was a reaction from sheep keepers wanting to maintain grazing.

 

Maintaining grazing by winter burning off heather was a management tool here in the SE that has been abandoned, this results in heavier stands of heather and gorse which coupled with dead grass drying out in the spring make a much higher fuel load, hence the fires runaway.