He had turned round at the sound of her careful progress through the stones and grass tufts, and now he stood up.

The nest is a deep open, cup, which is set into the ground, and is usually situated close to a grass tuft, stone or mound.

It had rained earlier and the grass tufts and the branches which slapped at her were moisture-laden.

The queen emerges from hibernation in the spring and makes a nest on the surface of the ground, preferable among grass tufts.

I came to read the meaning of every waving grass tuft, each masking bush, each towering boulder.

The slender green capsules, when produced in large numbers, resemble grass tufts.

Larvae have been found at the base of grass tufts and in rotten wood, but this may be based on misidentifications.

Mats are often used to cover dangerous sections of the ground below a chosen climb such as protruding rocks or grass tufts.

Icebones pulled up grass tufts, wrapping her trunk lips around the thin-tasting goodies.

Gulls hopped among the spindly grass tufts or circled overhead, their caws thin and clear in the cold, still air.