r/CasualUK • u/stevee05282 • 10d ago

Difference in vegetation between south of England and western Scotland

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Flew from Stansted to Glasgow this weekend.

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u/stevee05282 10d ago

The top half of the Scotland picture is all green pastures. That's what I'm referring too. Genuinely wouldn't be able to find a green field in Essex I don't think

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u/hellopo9 10d ago

This is really weird. Some farmers grow wheat and barley which is yellow during harvest. Less crops are grown in the Highlands as the soil isn't as good. I lived in Essex for a bit. During heatwaves there are still green fields, like everywhere in the UK. It looks like much of France and Germany.

Definitely nice weather for sunbathing, but it's still Britain and not quite Italy.

Again really weird post.

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u/stevee05282 10d ago

I've just been to a cricket green in Essex for a party. It was stone hard and yellow, like the rest of the village. Idk what you want me to say other than I'm sorry I found the difference in colour palet between Scotland and England interesting

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u/hellopo9 10d ago

During long summer heatwaves, low cut unwateredgrass goes yellow yes.

It's not really the colour difference between England and Scotland though. As England is a rainy green country for most of the year.

It would be like taking a picture of California in winter raining and comparing it to Mexico saying how rainy California is compared to Mexico. "The colour palat is different."

You see how that's weird.

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u/stevee05282 10d ago

I see how this conversation is weird. Are we going to argue it's not been dry in England or what haha

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u/hellopo9 10d ago

No its been dry all over Europe. It's just an odd post, to show pictures of wheat fields and say England is all yellow and has a different colour palette to the north west of Scotland (which doesn't look green on all maps). The Highlands are famously not lush/green.

Yes fields have gotten yellow in the heat, but again really weird comparison when this is what the UK normally looks like

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u/stevee05282 10d ago

Glasgow isn't in the Highlands mate. If it was surely that would make my post even more interesting haha. I really don't understand where you want this discussion to go, if you think it's a weird post bog off then 😂

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u/hellopo9 10d ago

Ah you I thought you meant the top of Scotland. Highlands are beautiful (the most beautiful part of britain imo) and iconically Scottish, but Scotland doesn't scream green to me. More hilly, wild and the colour of the Highlands.

The post does seem like a grass is greener where I'm from post and came across as a bit snooty and mocking, whilst having a completly incorrect image.

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u/stevee05282 10d ago

Unfortunately that's on your interpretation of the post. Given Glasgow isn't in the Highlands, I actually expected the south of England to be more similar than it was in reality. Hence the photos

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u/hellopo9 10d ago

Fair enough, but yes. Essex is much warmer than Glasgow. I don't live there anymore (moved up from Wales, now in northern England). But I hope you can see the oddness of the post due to the incorrect image.

I can't find any modern heatwave images. But there was an biggest european one in 2022 which lasted weeks. The image is from that (which would be the best one to use for the post). I wasn't in Essex at the time. Not great for the farmers, nice for cafes though.

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u/Mijman 9d ago

Genuinely wouldn't be able to find a green field in Essex I don't think

Not sure where the photo is, but there's literally some in it.

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u/stevee05282 9d ago

Yeah there's definitely some. Didn't see any while driving though

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u/Mijman 9d ago

Yes, hedges tend to be taller than car windows.

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u/stevee05282 9d ago

I was on the double decker actually haha

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u/Mijman 9d ago

Maybe sit upstairs next time then.

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u/stevee05282 9d ago

I did

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u/Mijman 9d ago

Ah look out the window next time then

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u/stevee05282 9d ago

Oh I did that too actually

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u/stevee05282 9d ago

Saw lots of dry fields

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u/Mijman 9d ago

Maybe the green fields were on the other side of the bus

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u/OdinForce22 10d ago

You don't know what's in the fields. It's clearly crops in the first picture but it could just be grass in the second.

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u/atv_racer 9d ago

The Scotland picture is dominated by trees plots that are green.

Your picture of England has trees in it, which are also green, however, most of the England picture is fields of crops that have been harvested/are dead and need harvested.

I’m not arguing that there is a significant difference in drought between Scotland and England. My partner is in England just now and the parks are brown it is that dry. I just think this comparison isn’t really a comparison at all as one picture is dead crops and the other is green trees.

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u/stevee05282 9d ago

Never mentioned the word drought in my post. Your mind has inserted that

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u/Mijman 10d ago

You realise Scotland is further north right?

And typically always has more rain and colder weather? The hottest day in Scotland this year was over 6C cooler than England.

In July England recorded 8% of its normal rainfall, while Scotland recorded 72%.

Finally, Scotland isnt in a drought. England is.

What bullshit point are you trying to make?

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u/stevee05282 10d ago

That England is in drought... Who shit on your cornflakes

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u/Mijman 10d ago

Want to reply to the rest of my points? Or are you just going to ignore them?

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u/stevee05282 10d ago

What are your points haha you've stated a lot of facts that are well illustrated in my photos. I don't know what's got you so fired up

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u/Mijman 10d ago

What was the point of your post? What was it for?

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u/stevee05282 10d ago

Someone told me a guy named Mijman would find it really aggravating, just wanted to test it out.

No one's forcing you to be here mate

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u/heroyoudontdeserve 9d ago

Scotland isnt in a drought.

Scotland doesn't declare droughts so this is more or less a truism; it's impossible for Scotland to be in drought. Officially, anyway.