Among the Blooming Heather

I was supposed to be on forestry duty at Longshaw today, but the tree felling still hasn't got underway, so I was stood down. this gave me a chance to explore an area I've been meaning to have a look at for some time now. I've passed it in the car many times, and even walked along the edge on other walks, but until today, I haven't been into the interior. It is designated an SSSI mainly on geological grounds. To quote English Nature,



This site possesses the most impressive examples in England and Wales of the topographic features known as 'ridge-and-trough' or 'tumbled ground'. Beneath a 10 m high cliff the north-facing valleyside above Broomhead Reservoir is a chaotic mass of sub-parallel ridges, separated by intervening narrow areas of marshy ground. The site is formed in Upper Carboniferous 'Millstone Grit' and shows the most extreme form and best example of 'tumbled ground', with innumerable small Millstone Grit blocks (controlled by jointing) taking up a large landslip – contrasting greatly with rigid large block slips like that at Alport Castles. 
The result of this is that it feels like entering a strange world, cut off from the surrounding open moor and pasture and wandering around a mini mountain range - at this time of year well vegetated with bracken and blooming heather.
There are a couple of large permanent pools, but at this time of year, it was one of the small ones that was alive with Damsels and Dragons - I saw 4 species of Dragonfly - an Emperor, which clearly owned the pond, some Common Darters and Black Darters (extra), which were tolerated, and a large Hawker (not sure which one) which was seen off. Overhead were Buzzards and Kestrels, and in the heather, a small number of butterflies, of which the most common seemed to be Small Heaths, seen here making more Small Heaths.