Drone images have captured the first signs of life returning to a beauty spot four months after a huge wildfire tore through it.
The massive blaze triggered a huge emergency response involving 15 fire engines.
The inferno scorched an area the size of around nine football pitches and took firefighters five days to get under control, as reported by Need to Know.
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Now, four months later, photographer John Parsons has flown his drone over the site in Holt Heath nature reserve, Dorset, to check for any signs of recovery.
Patches of green grass can be seen poking through the charred earth, offering a glimmer of hope after 72 hectares of protected heathland were destroyed.
John said: “I keep getting asked what happened to Holt Heath after the devastating fire.
“Not quite knowing what to say, I headed back with the drone four months on to see whether there were any early signs of recovery across the heathland.”
During the blaze in August, Essex County Fire and Rescue Service captured heartbreaking footage of a deer desperately bounding across the smouldering heath, trying to escape the flames.
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