The North York Moors are coming alive with the early purple Heather. It flowers a month and more before the true Heather. It's a different variety, much brighter and grows in clumps along the edges of the road, there is not as much of it but it's a very welcome sight on a barren moor. Next month sees the main variety come into flower and the heathland becomes alive for just a few weeks before it becomes barren again......
Better on black
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Great shot of this nice heather. Our country has beautiful Heater fields to, but I`ve to dive to other parts witch I often have done in Autumn to capture toadstool pic.`s
I am currently reading a book by Thomas Hardy - The Return of the Native - and it is centred on heathland and there are some wonderful descriptions of the heath. So this shot comes as a pleasant surprise to me. Beautiful wild flowers.
