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  • Smoke lingers in the evening after a spring burning of the Flint Hills southwest of Manhattan, Kansas.
    MM7469_060414_01378.jpg
  • Spring burning of the Flint Hills near Bazaar, Kansas.
    MM7469_060414_01445.jpg
  • Spring burning of the Flint Hills, some south of Council Grove, some southwest of Manhattan and some south of Cottonwood Falls.
    MM7469_060414_01445(16x24).jpg
  • Sunset in the Flint Hills at the Konza Prairie Natural Research Area near Manhattan, Kansas.
    MM7469_060923_09720.jpg
  • Evening scenes on the Konza Prairie in the Flint Hills south of Manhtattan, Kansas.
    MM7469_060923_09796 (1).jpg
  • Afternoon thunderstorm coming through the Flint Hills at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve near Strong City, Kansas.
    MM7469_060617_07804.jpg
  • Prairie grasses flourish after the spring burn in the Flint Hills in the Beaumont area, north and east of Wichita.
    MM7469_060614_06450.jpg
  • Lush grasses of spring cloak the Flint Hills in the Beaumont area, generally north and east of Wichita.
    MM7469_060518_04318.jpg
  • Aerials of the Flint Hills in the Beaumont area, generally north and east of Wichita.
    MM7469_060517_03544.jpg
  • Bison grazing in the Flint Hills at the Konza Prairie near Manhattan, Kansas.
    MM7469_060907_08387.jpg
  • Sunset in the Flint Hills at the Konza Prairie Natural Research Area near Manhattan, Kansas.
    Konza Prairie Pan.jpg
  • The Williams family raises Hill Radnor on Trawscoed Farm in the Brecon Beacons region of Wales. <br />
<br />
Lyn Williams is seen looking over the sheep with the Welsh hills in the background. <br />
<br />
The Hill Radnor is a breed of domestic sheep originating in the United Kingdom. Classified as one of the mountain (or upland) breeds, it is most common from Powys down to southwest Herefordshire and Monmouthshire. The Hill Radnor has a dense white fleece, with a light brown face and legs. Ewes are polled and rams are horned.[1] It is hardy and forages well, like many hill breeds. Hill Radnor ewes have good maternal instincts, and are sometimes crossed with lowland rams to yield market lambs or mules. Lambing percentages vary under different conditions but the breed can easily average around 155%.[2] The breed is listed as "vulnerable" by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust of the U.K.
    MM7753_2010-07-28_20903.jpg
  • Spring burning of the Flint Hills in Kansas.
    Flint Hills Fire.jpg
  • Spring burning of the Flint Hills north of Matfield Green, Kansas.
    MM7469_060417_02665.jpg
  • Spring burning of the Flint Hills north of Matfield Green, Kansas.
    MM7469_060417_02611.jpg
  • Spring burning of the Flint Hills, along Four Mile Creek Road, southwest of Council Grove, Kansas.
    MM7469_060412_00876.jpg
  • Wildflowers in the Flint Hills south of Bazaar on Sharpe's Creek Road.
    MM7469_060516_03274.jpg
  • The Williams family raises Hill Radnor on Trawscoed Farm in the Brecon Beacons region of Wales. <br />
<br />
Lyn Williams is seen looking over the sheep with the Welsh hills in the background. <br />
<br />
The Hill Radnor is a breed of domestic sheep originating in the United Kingdom. Classified as one of the mountain (or upland) breeds, it is most common from Powys down to southwest Herefordshire and Monmouthshire. The Hill Radnor has a dense white fleece, with a light brown face and legs. Ewes are polled and rams are horned.[1] It is hardy and forages well, like many hill breeds. Hill Radnor ewes have good maternal instincts, and are sometimes crossed with lowland rams to yield market lambs or mules. Lambing percentages vary under different conditions but the breed can easily average around 155%.[2] The breed is listed as "vulnerable" by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust of the U.K.<br />
<br />
Contact: David Williams<br />
Trawscoed Farm, Sennybridge, Brecon Powys, Wales, LD3 *UA<br />
<br />
Phone: 01874 636470<br />
Phone: 02920 453482<br />
<br />
Williams528@aol.com  <br />
<br />
Additional Contacts:<br />
<br />
Richard Broad<br />
Rare Breeds Survival Trust<br />
 Stoneleigh Park, Nr. Kenilworth,  Warwickshire<br />
UK     DCV8 2LG<br />
Phone:  01834 860886<br />
07772 007399<br />
Email: r.broad@rbst.org.uk<br />
<br />
Sally Renshaw<br />
Rare Breeds Survival Trust<br />
Phone:  +44 024 7669 6551<br />
+44 (0)2476 698764<br />
Email: sally@rbst.org.uk
    MM7753_2010-07-28_20903.jpg
  • Clouds gather over the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, near Strong City, Kansas.
    MM7469_060526_05110.jpg
  • Eroded hills cloaked in prairie grasses in the Flint Hills in the Beaumont area, generally north and east of Wichita.
    MM7469_060518_04019.jpg
  • Spring burning of the Flint Hills, along Four Mile Creek Road, southwest of Council Grove, Kansas.
    MM7469_060412_00571.jpg
  • Spring burning of the Flint Hills, along Four Mile Creek Road, southwest of Council Grove, Kansas.  <br />
<br />
Contact:  Kent and Rose Bacon.
    MM7469_060412_00876(16x24).jpg
  • Field of wildflowers east of Cottonwood Falls.
    MM7469_060616_07030.jpg
  • A receding thunderstorm creates blazing sunset near Bazaar in the Kansas Flint Hills.
    MM7469_060617_08042.jpg
  • Afternoon thunderstorm coming through the Flint Hills at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City, Kansas.
    MM7469_060617_07804.jpg
  • Stone fence runs straight over the rocky outcrop in the Flint Hills in the Beaumont area, generally north and east of Wichita.
    MM7469_060518_03995.jpg
  • Patterns in the layered stones of the Flint Hills in the Beaumont area, generally north and east of Wichita.
    MM7469_060518_03918.jpg
  • The wall cloud of a spring thunderstorm storm over the Kansas Flint Hills.
    MM7469_060530_05678.jpg
  • Dew covers the grasses in a meadow in the Flint Hills of Kansas.
    MM7469_060913_08961.jpg
  • Leavenworth Eryngo blooming in the spring in the Flint Hills.
    MM7469_060913_09059.jpg
  • Heather covers the hills of the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. Heather blooms in the late summer and is the ideal habitat for grouse in Scotland, making it essential to the economics of estates that depend on grouse shooting for part of their income. <br />
<br />
The park was established in 2003 and is now the largest National Park in Great Britain.
    MM8321_20150830_14156-Edit.jpg
  • The Milky Way rises over the dark skies of the Flint Hills of Kansas.
    Milky Way Pan.jpg
  • Primrose blooming in the spring at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City, Kansas.
    MM7469_060526_05023.jpg
  • Bracted spiderwort blooming after spring burning at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City, Kansas
    MM7469_060527_05571.jpg
  • Prairie Chickens on the booming grounds during the Spring mating ritual.  South of Cassoday, Kansas.
    MM7469_060415_01668.jpg
  • Kerry Hill sheep in Wales. The Kerry Hill Breed is from Powys, on the English/Welsh borders, and it derives its name from the village of Kerry, near Newtown. There are records of this distinctive breed in this area dating back to 1809, and the first Flock Book was published in 1899 with 26 Members.<br />
<br />
A well balanced sturdy sheep with ears set high and free from wool. A black nose and sharply defined black and white markings on the head and legs. Both ewes and rams are hornless. It is a handsome sheep, with a dense fleece, which is usually white. The fleece handles well, and is amongst the softest of British Wools. Average staple length is 10 cm (14 inches). Average weight of fleece is 2.75kgs (6lbs). Bradford count 54-56's.<br />
<br />
Robert and Jean Price of Pentrenant farm in the Vale of Kerry, mid Wales. The sheep are kerry Hills and the Prices have kept them for many years and Robert judged them at the Royal Welsh this year.
    MM7753_2010-07-28_21950.jpg
  • Prairie Chickens on the booming grounds during the Spring mating ritual.  South of Cassoday, Kansas.
    MM7469_060417_02128.jpg
  • Wildflowers near the RK Cattle ranch south of Council Grove, Kansas.
    MM7469_060613_06205.jpg
  • An approaching thunderstorm in the Sandhills of Nebraska brings rain and lightning bolts to the vast grasslands. Such storms dump water onto the porous sandhills, which store vast quantities of the High Plains Aquifer water.
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  • Sumac leaves turning brown in the fall on the Tallgrass Prairie Natural Preserve north of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas
    MM7469_060928_10182.jpg
  • Leaves frosted by the first freeze of autumn at the Konza Prairie Natural Research Area near Manhattan, Kansas.
    MM7469_061020_11233.jpg
  • A rattlesnake skin in the tall grass of the Konza Prairie Natural Research Area, near Manhattan, Kansas.
    MM7469_060907_08496.jpg
  • Bison roaming at sunset, South Dakota.
    Buffalo Sunset.jpg
  • Fireflies gather on a calm evening at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve north of Strong City, Kansas.
    MM7469_060531_05843.jpg
  • Wildflowers near the RK Cattle ranch south of Council Grove, Kansas.
    MM7469_060613_06366.jpg
  • Beardtongue blooming after spring burning on the RK Cattle ranch near Council Grove, Kansas
    MM7469_060526_05220.jpg
  • Sumac leaves turning red in the fall on the Tallgrass Prairie Natural  Preserve north of Strong City, Kansas
    MM7469_060928_10138.jpg
  • Moonrise over the Konza Prairie Natural Research Area near Manhattan, Kansas.
    MM7469_060907_08561.jpg
  • Cattle graze and sleep in the morning at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City, Kansas
    MM7469_060617_07569.jpg
  • Loch Cill Chriosd in Strath Suardal on the Isle of Skye is perfectly calm in the predawn light.  Behind the Loch on the right is Benn na Caillich, one of the Red Cuillins.  Locals know the loch as the "hairy" loch.
    Skye Pan.jpg
  • Gamekeepers Alastair Lyon and Richard Williams work on muirburn on the Ralia Estate near Kingussie, Sotland. Muirburn is done to encourgae fresh heather growth for the grouse. Estates depend on grouse shooting for much of their income.  Richard Williams
    MM8321_20160412_24191.jpg
  • Gleann Cholm Cille, on the northwest coast of Ireland, an ancient sacred valley in the Irish Gaeltacht.
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  • Deer stalking with head gamekeeper Dougie Langlands at Ardverikie Estate near Laggan, Scotland. 

Ardverikie is one of the great estates of Scotland, with the estate house on the banks of Loch Laggan. The family returns to gather around the ancestral seat several times a year and the gamekeeper hosts grouse shooting and deer stalking.
    MM8321_20161019_35903.jpg
  • Deer stalking with head gamekeeper Dougie Langlands at Ardverikie Estate near Laggan, Scotland. 

Ardverikie is one of the great estates of Scotland, with the estate house on the banks of Loch Laggan. The family returns to gather around the ancestral seat several times a year and the gamekeeper hosts grouse shooting and deer stalking.
    MM8321_20161019_35620.jpg
  • Mar Lodge Estate is a Scottish Highland estate in Aberdeenshire, owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It is entirely contained within the Cairngorms National Park and important for nature conservation, landscape, recreation and culture. <br />
Mar Lodge, under the direction of Shaila Rao, is undertaking a major realignment of their ecology, striving to bring back much more of the Caledonian Forrest that has been lost. To do that they are culling the deer population that suppresses growth of trees.
    MM8321_20150827_11176-Edit.jpg
  • The hammer throw competition at the Glenfinnan Highland Games and Gathering at Glenfinnan.
    MM7189 8-21-04 16980.jpg
  • Ranchers watch approaching thunderstorm in the Sandhills of Nebraska.
    Approaching Storm.jpg
  • Deer stalking with head gamekeeper Dougie Langlands at Ardverikie Estate near Laggan, Scotland. 

Ardverikie is one of the great estates of Scotland, with the estate house on the banks of Loch Laggan. The family returns to gather around the ancestral seat several times a year and the gamekeeper hosts grouse shooting and deer stalking.
    MM8321_20161019_36037.jpg
  • Glencolmbkille on the Northwest coast of Ireland.
    MM7189 20050615 29177.jpg
  • Ranch hands gather for branding in the Sandhills of Nebraska.
    Cowboy Lineup, Nebraska.jpg
  • Deer stalking with head gamekeeper Dougie Langlands at Ardverikie Estate near Laggan, Scotland. 

Ardverikie is one of the great estates of Scotland, with the estate house on the banks of Loch Laggan. The family returns to gather around the ancestral seat several times a year and the gamekeeper hosts grouse shooting and deer stalking.
    MM8321_20161019_36403.jpg
  • Roping horses for the days work on a ranch in the Sandhills of Nebraska.
    MM7004_0035.jpg
  • Kerry Hill sheep in Wales. The Kerry Hill Breed is from Powys, on the English/Welsh borders, and it derives its name from the village of Kerry, near Newtown. There are records of this distinctive breed in this area dating back to 1809, and the first Flock Book was published in 1899 with 26 Members.<br />
<br />
A well balanced sturdy sheep with ears set high and free from wool. A black nose and sharply defined black and white markings on the head and legs. Both ewes and rams are hornless. It is a handsome sheep, with a dense fleece, which is usually white. The fleece handles well, and is amongst the softest of British Wools. Average staple length is 10 cm (14 inches). Average weight of fleece is 2.75kgs (6lbs). Bradford count 54-56's.<br />
<br />
Robert and Jean Price of Pentrenant farm in the Vale of Kerry, mid Wales. The sheep are kerry Hills and the Prices have kept them for many years and Robert judged them at the Royal Welsh this year.  <br />
<br />
Additional Contacts: <br />
Richard Broad<br />
Rare Breeds Survival Trust<br />
 Stoneleigh Park, Nr. Kenilworth,  Warwickshire<br />
UK     DCV8 2LG<br />
Phone:  01834 860886<br />
07772 007399<br />
Email: r.broad@rbst.org.uk<br />
<br />
Sally Renshaw<br />
Rare Breeds Survival Trust<br />
Phone:  +44 024 7669 6551<br />
+44 (0)2476 698764<br />
Email: sally@rbst.org.uk
    MM7753_2010-07-28_21950.jpg
  • Aerial of the Flint Hills in the Beaumont area, north and east of Wichita.
    Emerald Hills, Flint Hills, Kansas
  • Milky Way over the Flint Hills of Kansas
    Big Star Pan-B.jpg
  • Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland.  Event has been going on for years and has grown ever larger, now boasting over 300 performers and 10,000 to 15,000 spectators.  For many in the festival it is a sacred event, welcoming spring. The central figure is the May Queen who marches from station to station to receive the admirations of Earth, Air, Fire, etc.  Her "White Women" are tempted by Red Men.  Eventually the foliage of last year is stripped from her escort whom she then brings back to life.   Blue men act as security and crowd control, whipping those who will not obey.  Columns are a landmark of Calton Hill.
    MM7189 20050430 24557.jpg
  • Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland.  Event has been going on for years and has grown ever larger, now boasting over 300 performers and 10,000 to 15,000 spectators.  For many in the festival it is a sacred event, welcoming spring. The central figure is the May Queen who marches from station to station to receive the admirations of Earth, Air, Fire, etc.  Her "White Women" are tempted by Red Men.  Eventually the foliage of last year is stripped from her escort whom she then brings back to life.   Blue men act as security and crowd control, whipping those who will not obey.  Columns are a landmark of Calton Hill.
    MM7189 20050430 24496.jpg
  • Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland.  Event has been going on for years and has grown ever larger, now boasting over 300 performers and 10,000 to 15,000 spectators.  For many in the festival it is a sacred event, welcoming spring. The central figure is the May Queen who marches from station to station to receive the admirations of Earth, Air, Fire, etc.  Her "White Women" are tempted by Red Men.  Eventually the foliage of last year is stripped from her escort whom she then brings back to life.   Blue men act as security and crowd control, whipping those who will not obey.  Columns are a landmark of Calton Hill.
    MM7189 20050430 24516.jpg
  • Laird of Muck, Lawrence MacEwan on Beinn Airein, the highest hill on the island. The island has been in the hands of the MacEwan family since 1896, for four generations. <br />
<br />
Muck is the smallest of four main islands in the Small Isles, part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It measures roughly 2.5 miles (4 km) east to west and has a population of around 30, mostly living near the harbour at Port Mòr.
    InnerHebrides_ 2011-10-25_11532.jpg
  • Cover of National Geographic Magazine 2004<br />
<br />
Shows night burning on a Kansas Flint Hills ranch.
    NGM Cover - Flint Hills.jpg
  • Rolling Flint Hills, near Westmoreland, Kansas
    Flint Hills Afternoon.jpg
  • The Palouse of Washigton is an area of loess hills built out of wind-blown dust.  High hills are extremely fertile, with exceptional production of dryland wheat.
    MM6977_070625_03297.jpg
  • Horses, ponies, cobs, and sheep graze the lush rolling hills of mid-Wales in the UK. Breeds are selected and adapted for local conditions with consideration of maximum economy. The hills of mid-Wales profide rich grazing on moderate slopes with plentiful rainfaill and moderate winters.
    MM7753_2010-07-27_15858.jpg
  • The Palouse of Washigton is an area of loess hills built out of wind-blown dust.  High hills are extremely fertile, with exceptional production of dryland wheat.
    MM6977_070625_02787.jpg
  • The Palouse of Washigton is an area of loess hills built out of wind-blown dust.  High hills are extremely fertile, with exceptional production of dryland wheat.
    MM6977_070625_02787.jpg
  • The Palouse of Washigton is an area of loess hills built out of wind-blown dust.  High hills are extremely fertile, with exceptional production of dryland wheat.
    MM6977_070625_03045.jpg
  • Morning at Hafod y Llan farm with John Till, farm manager, and his crew as they move sheep back up into the hills of Snowdownia National Park.  The farm is owned by the National Trust.  Also gathering sheep from up on the hills and sorting them in pens (with the dogs there).
    MM7189 7-14-04 10668.jpg
  • Horses, ponies, cobs, and sheep graze the lush rolling hills of mid-Wales in the UK. Breeds are selected and adapted for local conditions with consideration of maximum economy. The hills of mid-Wales profide rich grazing on moderate slopes with plentiful rainfaill and moderate winters.<br />
<br />
Richard Broad<br />
Rare Breeds Survival Trust<br />
 Stoneleigh Park, Nr. Kenilworth,  Warwickshire<br />
UK     DCV8 2LG<br />
Phone:  01834 860886<br />
07772 007399<br />
Email: r.broad@rbst.org.uk<br />
<br />
Sally Renshaw<br />
Rare Breeds Survival Trust<br />
Phone:  +44 024 7669 6551<br />
+44 (0)2476 698764<br />
Email: sally@rbst.org.uk  <br />
<br />
Contacts: <br />
Richard Broad<br />
Rare Breeds Survival Trust<br />
 Stoneleigh Park, Nr. Kenilworth,  Warwickshire<br />
UK     DCV8 2LG<br />
Phone:  01834 860886<br />
07772 007399<br />
Email: r.broad@rbst.org.uk<br />
<br />
Sally Renshaw<br />
Rare Breeds Survival Trust<br />
Phone:  +44 024 7669 6551<br />
+44 (0)2476 698764<br />
Email: sally@rbst.org.uk
    MM7753_2010-07-27_15858.jpg
  • Horses, ponies, cobs, and sheep graze the lush rolling hills of mid-Wales in the UK. Breeds are selected and adapted for local conditions with consideration of maximum economy. The hills of mid-Wales profide rich grazing on moderate slopes with plentiful rainfaill and moderate winters.<br />
<br />
Richard Broad<br />
Rare Breeds Survival Trust<br />
 Stoneleigh Park, Nr. Kenilworth,  Warwickshire<br />
UK     DCV8 2LG<br />
Phone:  01834 860886<br />
07772 007399<br />
Email: r.broad@rbst.org.uk<br />
<br />
Sally Renshaw<br />
Rare Breeds Survival Trust<br />
Phone:  +44 024 7669 6551<br />
+44 (0)2476 698764<br />
Email: sally@rbst.org.uk  <br />
<br />
Contacts: <br />
Richard Broad<br />
Rare Breeds Survival Trust<br />
 Stoneleigh Park, Nr. Kenilworth,  Warwickshire<br />
UK     DCV8 2LG<br />
Phone:  01834 860886<br />
07772 007399<br />
Email: r.broad@rbst.org.uk<br />
<br />
Sally Renshaw<br />
Rare Breeds Survival Trust<br />
Phone:  +44 024 7669 6551<br />
+44 (0)2476 698764<br />
Email: sally@rbst.org.uk
    MM7753_2010-07-27_15517.jpg
  • Horses, ponies, cobs, and sheep graze the lush rolling hills of mid-Wales in the UK. Breeds are selected and adapted for local conditions with consideration of maximum economy. The hills of mid-Wales profide rich grazing on moderate slopes with plentiful rainfaill and moderate winters.
    MM7753_2010-07-27_15517.jpg
  • The Uig Sands are a dramatic bay on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis.  Seen here at low tide in the evening from the hills surrounding Baile na Cille, a small inn at Timsgarry.<br />
<br />
Uig is a 'bay backed machair and hills' on the western coast of the island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The name derives from the Norse word Vik meaning 'a bay'.
    Uig Pan V Final.jpg
  • Morning at Hafod y Llan farm with John Till, farm manager, and his crew as they move sheep back up into the hills of Snowdownia National Park.  The farm is owned by the National Trust.  Also gathering sheep from up on the hills and sorting them in pens (with the dogs there).
    MM7189 7-14-04 10907.jpg
  • Morning at Hafod y Llan farm with John Till, farm manager, and his crew as they move sheep back up into the hills of Snowdownia National Park.  The farm is owned by the National Trust.  Also gathering sheep from up on the hills and sorting them in pens (with the dogs there).
    MM7189 7-14-04 10668.jpg
  • Morning at Hafod y Llan farm with John Till, farm manager, and his crew as they move sheep back up into the hills of Snowdownia National Park.  The farm is owned by the National Trust.  Also gathering sheep from up on the hills and sorting them in pens (with the dogs there).
    MM7189 7-14-04 10907.jpg
  • The Palouse of Washigton is an area of loess hills built out of wind-blown dust.  High hills are extremely fertile, with exceptional production of dryland wheat.
    MM6977_070625_03870.jpg
  • The Palouse of Washigton is an area of loess hills built out of wind-blown dust.  High hills are extremely fertile, with exceptional production of dryland wheat.
    MM6977_070625_03905.jpg
  • Morning views from Steptoe Butte of the agricultural lands of the Palouse.  The Palouse of Washigton is an area of loess hills built out of wind-blown dust.  High hills are extremely fertile, with exceptional production of dryland wheat.
    MM6977_070627_04151.jpg
  • The Uig Sands are a dramatic bay on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis.  Seen here at low tide in the evening from the hills surrounding Baile na Cille, a small inn at Timsgarry.  <br />
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    Uig Pan V Final.jpg
  • The coastal landscape of Sutherland at Kinlochbervie, Scotland. The Scottish Moors cover the hills and come down to the sea here in the desolate part of northwest Scotland that has scant population. Kinlochbervie is a harbour village in the north west of Sutherland.
    MM8321_20150817_3379.jpg
  • Wild horse are gathered from the hills and brought to a coral at the Rapa Das Bestas in Vimianzo, Galicia.  On the second day the horses are gathered in the coral where teams of five men wrestle them to the ground so they can have their manes and tails trimmed.  This ancient tradition as passed from economic necessity to popular cultural tradition, the asociacion now making the event and increasingly popular attraction.  The wild west of the Celtic World.  The big feast features beef, pork, and (wouldn't you know) horse meat, the most popular.
    MM7189 20050717 38420.jpg
  • The worst erosion on Earth is seen in the deeply gullied hills of the Loess plateau in Shaanxi province of China.  Small fields are all that is left as the erosion whittles away at the land available for crops.
    MM6977_071020_24250.jpg
  • Heather covers the hills around Corgarff Castle in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. Corgarff Castle is located in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland. The castle was built in the mid 16th century by the Forbes of Towie. In 1571 it was burned by their enemy, Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, resulting in the deaths of Lady Forbes, her children, and numerous others, and giving rise to the ballad Edom o Gordon. After the Jacobite risings of the 18th century, it was rebuilt as a barracks. It is now in the care of Historic Scotland and is open to the public.<br />
<br />
Heather blooms in the late summer and is the ideal habitat for grouse in Scotland, making it essential to the economics of estates that depend on grouse shooting for part of their income. <br />
<br />
The park was established in 2003 and is now the largest National Park in Great Britain.
    MM8321_20150830_13897.jpg
  • Morning at Hafod y Llan farm with John Till, farm manager, and his crew as they move sheep back up into the hills of Snowdownia National Park.  The farm is owned by the National Trust.
    MM7189 7-16-04 12041.jpg
  • Heather covers the hills around Corgarff Castle in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. Corgarff Castle is located in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland. The castle was built in the mid 16th century by the Forbes of Towie. In 1571 it was burned by their enemy, Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, resulting in the deaths of Lady Forbes, her children, and numerous others, and giving rise to the ballad Edom o Gordon. After the Jacobite risings of the 18th century, it was rebuilt as a barracks. It is now in the care of Historic Scotland and is open to the public.<br />
<br />
Heather blooms in the late summer and is the ideal habitat for grouse in Scotland, making it essential to the economics of estates that depend on grouse shooting for part of their income. <br />
<br />
The park was established in 2003 and is now the largest National Park in Great Britain.<br />
<br />
Contact for information:<br />
<br />
Mike Cottam<br />
Land Management Advisor<br />
Cairngorms National Park Authority<br />
Grantown on Spey<br />
<br />
Office tel: 01479 870535<br />
Direct tel: 01479 873535<br />
Email: mikecottam@cairngorms.co.uk
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  • Bannatyne MacLeod working sheep on his croft on the Isle of Harris, Scotland Island crofters survived by being adaptable and dogged, doing everything from farming to fishing to herding sheep to make a living. Generations of his MacLeods have worked these rocky hills before  Bannatyne MacLeod took over the farm.
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  • Gordon Muir is the gamekeeper of Tarbert Estate on the Isle of Juram Scotland. Muir takes deer stalkers out on the hills of Jura. He is very traditional, wearing tweed plus fours and a deerstalker cap. The Isle of Jura is on the west coast of Scotland and known for having more than 6,000 deer but only 200 people.
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  • Colin Murdoch is head gamekeeper at Reraig Forest near Loch Carron. He manages their deer herd including the feeding of stags on the hills overlooking Loch Carron.
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  • Colin Murdoch is head gamekeeper at Reraig Forest near Loch Carron. He manages their deer herd including the feeding of stags on the hills overlooking Loch Carron.
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  • Colin Murdoch is head gamekeeper at Reraig Forest near Loch Carron. He manages their deer herd including the feeding of stags on the hills overlooking Loch Carron.
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  • Alvie Estate near Aviemore is the property of Jamie Williamson, one of the more progressive estate owners trying to make a paying proposition out of Highland land holdings. Besides the traditional sporting activities like grouse shooting and deer stalking they also have camping, rental properties, and other adventure activities. <br />
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Alvie & Dalraddy are adjoining Estates that are run as one land holding located 4 miles south of Aviemore near the village of Kincraig within the district of Badenoch.  Badenoch is approximately the geographic centre of Scotland. The Estates extend from the River Spey, between Loch Insh and Loch Alvie, North West into the Monadhliath hills. Most of the properties on the Estates face South East many with spectacular views of the Cairngorm Mountains.
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