With the dawn roar of stags along woodland margins, the yellow and russet tints of moorgrass and bracken among fading purple heather, and ponies feasting on a final flush of grass across chamomile-spangled greens before winter sets in, this is Old England at its best.
Transhumant herds move southward during the dry season to meet the first rains and the first flush of grass.
Fire is a traditional tool for prevention of bush encroachment and obtaining an early flush of grass growth (McGahey et al. 2008; Turner 1967).
During this period 330 mm rain (50% of the total) is received which gives the second flush of grass crop, besides initiating other farm activities.
Being water-dependent and ever in search of green grass, they migrate when the rains end and spend the dry season roaming the acacia savanna, where there is water, taller grass that stays green longer, and flushes of new grass that come up after fires or local thunderstorms.
Be careful of flushes of new grass throughout the year.
The white tends to have a mating peak in spring, corresponding with the flush of green grass, and a calving peak in autumn.
Even this meagre rainfall brings life to the grassland and the dormant, grazed tussocks begin sprouting, giving the first flush of the grass crop.
In the Amazon, among the worst (and unfortunately most common) land-use practices is one in which forest fragments are encircled by pastures, which are regularly burned by ranchers to control weeds and promote a flush of green grass for cattle.
Herders contend sheep only require flushes of short, green grass throughout the year, while cattle require waist-high forage to maintain body health.
