Snake charmer... - your help needed please...


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OK, here's a second Google Map in the last few days. This is not the location of another car crash thankfully, though it is a road I have travelled many times, including once in white-out conditions, which was an interesting experience.
The Bleaklow area is an area of heathland in the Peak District National Park. I am currently working on a number of writing projects, and this one is overdue, so I am trying to get it completed in the next week or so.


The work is part of the Royal Geographical Society's From the Field project which is funded by the Goldsmith's Company.
I am working with a researcher from the University of Hull (where I trained as a teacher many years ago) who is exploring the sustainability of ecological networks that form on heathland areas, many of which have been restored, and have also been susceptible to fires.


UK moorlands are of international importance due to a limited global distribution and their association with highly specialised and threatened species


We have previously done some work looking at fires in the Peak District park as part of the CAREERS IN GEOGRAPHY : GEOGRAPHY IN CAREERS resource that I wrote for the GA website (visit the PEAK PRACTICE section of the resource)


Please take a look at the landscape on the Google Map image above:


a) How would you describe the landscape that you can see in the image ?
b) What challenges do you think would face plants and animals in this habitat ?
c) How would you teach about the value of heathlands - where do they fit into your curriculum ?


Thanks in advance for any ideas...

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