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Log into the members area ‘Bulletin‘ section to read the latest Spring 2016 bulletin and see how to enter the exciting Heather Society Photographic competition.

“Herriza – the Cinderella heathlands of the Straits of Gibraltar. A short video about heathland at the southern extremity of the Iberian Peninsula, featuring Erica australis (Spanish heath) and Calluna vulgaris (ling).” The video is presented by Professor Fernando Ojeda, an expert on the evolution of heathers and heathlands particularly in response to fire.

See the video by clicking here.

The spelling of the cultivar name is here corrected, as permitted under the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (8th edition, 2009), Article 35.3, to correct the unintentional mistake (“Ann Berry”) in the original spelling. See Erica cinerea ‘Anne Berry’ for complete cultivar description.

Check out the Bulletins section of the members area. We are adding the old editions of the bulletins from when they were first published in 1967. So far we are up to 1977, but the rest will be added as soon as the scanning can be completed. They make interesting reading as a history of the Heather Society. For some of you, a chance to remember old friends. A pleasant interlude in the cold wet days of winter.  Click to see Bulletins page (you may need to log in first)

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An article on the contoversial subject of preservation of peatlands by Jamie Doward in the Observer, Peatlands burn as gamekeepers create landscape fit for grouse-shooting. Climate change experts say burning heather to increase bird yields is a threat to protected peat bogs.

See article here. Link