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Originally Posted by aeshna5  Jules, unless they've moved it, I think you'll find Thursley is in Surrey, not Hants!
One of my favourite places + for me one of most devastating events of past year was the destructive fire started by some pyromaniac moron whch destroyed so much of this jewel. I think the Sand Lizards have gone.
From an ecological point of view it'll be interesting to see how communities are recovering, but I think it'll still be rather sad to see! |
Yes, it would certainly be interesting to know the effect of the fire. There is a view that fires were once a commonplace and might even help to maintain a 'real' heathland fauna (whatever that is
) - a lot of reptiles and insects can elude fires
if these are flashfires - burning out quickly and moving on. I've no experience and it does seem risky but certainly on our upland heaths (which, admittedly, are a lot larger) regular controlled burns seem to have minimal impact on the fauna.