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| New Hill, 20 December 2013. |
Farthing Downs and New Hill are an area where chalk grassland predominates, with some patches of old woodland. In the absence of commercial grazing, scrub springs up and quickly turns into youg woodland. The grassland would disappear if it weren't maintained and this pic shows one of the methods being used. Scrub and trees have been cleared from an area, and some of the cut material is being burned.
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| New Hill, 20 December 2013. |
Not all the trees are undesirable. The old woodland is pleasant. Here is some of it, looking back up in the direction of Farthing Downs.
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| Sheep grazing on New Hill, 20 December 2013. |
In some fields, sheep are brought in to graze during the winter, then taken away when the meadow plants start to grow in spring. Sometimes you can see goats instead, as I did at Trosley Country Park not long ago. But these are definitely sheep.
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