Great news, well done Save Danes Moss
Great news, well done Save Danes Moss
Better than an Amazon delivery π #sphagnum #peatlands @beadamoss.bsky.social
Decided not to bother trying to measure this one yesterday π
Creating a fire break at the top of my bog, protection from a busy layby. Spotted a post with 3 owl pellets underneath, need to get the trail camera set up π
Determined not to binge watch, I remember the sadness after the final detectorists.
Boggy Ice sculptures . Very atmospheric with the fog yesterday morning.
Happy #worldwetlandsday I'm looking forward to another year of berries, bugs, waders, bats, grasses, flowers, predators, chirpers, buzzers...... These often overlooked areas have so much to offer
Saving strands of sphagnum moss from the used paper around the plugs. The #peatlovers equivalent of panning for gold π
Another new Tracking the Colour of #Peatlands site at Clough Moor, Goyt Valley, UK
#PeatColours
@boggysal.bsky.social
Common Twayblade by the side of a busy road #wildflowerhour
Eoghan's Irish rainforest
42k views (and counting) in 6 days!
youtu.be/EavXzC_y3NM?...
Clouds, curlew and cottongrass @curlewaction.bsky.social
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@curlewaction.bsky.social sadly the fire ignored the sign π₯ Goyt Valley
A sad #FingerpostFriday from the Goyt Valley π₯ #moorlandfires
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What a brilliant thing to do π#worldcurlewday
Great to be able to watch a snipe, usually I just see it flying off in a hurry
I love these, and of course the preferred flower of the orange tip butterfly to lay eggs on. However HighPeak council massacre them every year in late April in the early stages of the butterfly life cycle. But it's ok, they adhere to nomow May π€¦πΌββοΈ
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social beautiful bog rosemary just starting to flower, #wildflowerhour challenge tiny flowers
56 wow! Thought I'd done well at 21!
Trays of peat-free plants in a nursery
Given the unequivocal need for a ban on the use of peat in the horticulture industry, it is very disappointing to see this news released yesterday by the Royal Horticultural Society www.rhs.org.uk/advice/peat/...
#PeatFree #Horticulture
π· Charles Warner
We're excited to unveil our new mural by ATM Street Art on World Curlew Day, April 21, at Lansdown Hall in Stroud from 4pm.
Join us for a series of talks, interactive activities, and stands with Curlew Action, WWT, ATM Street Art, and Gloucestershire Naturalistsβ Society.
Get your tickets now:
Wonderful news.
Join us for a workshop: #Peatland Resilience Under a Changing Climate: Place, Policy and Practice!
ποΈ: May 6 2025 10:00-17:00
π: @britishecologicalsociety.org HQ in London
π»: online attendance available
More details and tickets here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/peat...
Please RT!
A pair of confused Egyptian geese on my walk back from the Soil exhibition at Somerset House
River in spate in the background. Four headshots of speakers for an upcoming water research seminar in the foreground.
Have you signed up for our free #WaterResearch webinar on 26 March? Hosted by the IUCN UK Peatland Programme and the Environment Agency, this two-hour webinar will focus on the importance of peatland #Hydrological function.
More info tinyurl.com/ctdy6bzs
#Peat #KnowledgeExchange #Webinar
A nugget of the purest green. 5,000 sphagnum plugs now planted on my bog with a little help from my friends π
Creating scrapes for the wading birds who visit the moors to breed in the summer. Also helps break up the dominant purple moor grass. #PeatlandsandWetlands
Brilliant π