Acres of bright, purple heather have started to bloom on moorland across the Peak District. The moorland usually blazes into colour from August to October every year. Derbyshire Wildlife Trust ...

To make a great circuit and superb Peak District day out ... continue along it as it turns into a better track through heather. At a fork stay ahead, following the again narrowing path through ...

hopped contentedly around the Staffordshire moorlands in the south-western part of the Peak District National Park, munching heather and sporadically breeding. If you want to place their home ...

But the Peak District has so much to offer ... exploring the woodland and heather moorland before returning to the trailhead. This trail takes you through beautiful, varied scenery, offering ...

Unsurprisingly, the Peak District is home to a heap of popular ... refreshing streams found on the trek is a must. Moorlands of heather, secluded valleys and lush woodland make this route an ...

Recent studies suggest there are about 2,500 of the creatures in the Peak District which ... too warm and reducing food sources, such as heather. Reduced snow coverings mean the hares may not ...

Restoration work on a Peak District moor could have prevented more damage being caused by a wildfire, according to an environmental group. A fire broke out in the Goyt Valley in Derbyshire on April 30 ...

Original features, including solid oak floors, leaded windows, and timber beams have been joined by a new outdoor seating area with panoramic views of the surrounding Peak District heather moorlands.

Whilst there are a couple of places where mountain hares are abundant, most of the Peak District hills have very ... and 3.3 times higher than on heather moorland with grouse shoots, which had ...

"Whilst there are a couple of places where mountain hares are abundant, most of the Peak District hills have very ... gullies and planting mosses and heather," he said. "It's a low population ...

In some areas of the Peak District, magnificent birds such as goshawks ... grouse shooting undoubtedly saved a significant amount of heather moorland from post-war tree-planting and ...

This follows work with the RPSB and Peak District Raptor Group to encourage birds of prey to live in the national park. The trust said it had undertaken work including cutting heather to encourage ...