23 July 1920 Yellow asphodels stand thick, the green stars of butterwort are everywhere, while the bog is the true home of the greylag goose
Sundews are ruddy on the peat-bog, each fleshy leaf covered with sensitive hairs, ready to curl over and grip any foolish fly which is tempted to their sticky exudations. Yellow asphodels stand thick – thicker than on a Lancashire moss, – and the green stars of butterwort are everywhere. The wheatear “chacks” as it flits from one grey stone to another, and the linnet twitters as it flies up to the honeysuckle, blooming in a thick cluster on the steep crag.
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