In reply to felt:
> > it is a curse that benefits nothing.
> I hate bracken as much as the next person, but, for balance, 1. it looks great when orange/brown shrivelled up in winter on a cold day with a blue sky; 2. it smells lovely on a very hot summer's day.
> 3. What exactly are these?
Some claim it gives cover for birds, others would say it chokes and strangles everything. Skylarks etc don't need cover anyway and they are common. Some say (even NPA) that bracken binds soil and conserves peat, some would say peat is not a problem, bracken a much bigger curse.
DC