West Pennine Moors

Vignette in graphite of Peel Tower on Holcombe Hill, part of the beautiful West Pennine Moors. The foxglove, gorse and whinberries (bilberries) are very much part of this landscape and the curlew adds movement. The moorland above the ruined farm provides peat bog, the habitat of the cotton grass. The pasture below is where the gorse, harebells, blackberries and sycamore were growing.
The National Trust are restoring these valuable upland peat environments.