Laverick in heather
There’s precious little heather moorland left on Westray. Most of the land has been converted to pasture with a monoculture of grass, or converted to crops. There are a few places where heather moorland persists and there Skylarks sing and Twite twitter.
Here’s a Skylark, or a Laverick as Orcadians would call it, with its crest erect amongst the heather.
It’s such a charmer.
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