NEWS
Plans to create new moss areas and improve former scrapyard site
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Work will soon begin to strip turf from fields adjacent to Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses as part of the effort to turn the former scrapyard site into a haven for wildlife. We have put together some answers to frequently asked questions about the works, which can be read below. What is happening at the […]
Plans for bird hide at Morris’s Bridge
Date: July 21, 2019
The fields adjacent to Morris’s Bridge have become an important site for a variety of bird species.
Plans for bird hide at Morris’s Bridge
Date: June 20, 2019
Shropshire Wildlife Trust recently purchased the fields at Morris’s Bridge with the view that they will become an increasingly popular attraction due to the interesting variety of bird species that they attract. Curlew and lapwing numbers have plummeted in the UK due to a loss of suitable breeding habitat but the fields, which remain wet […]
Cumbria BogLIFE Project film
Date: May 14, 2019
Cumbrian BogLIFE was a 5 year bog restoration project, funded through the EU LIFE programme and managed by Natural England. It focused on the restoration of three lowland raised bogs in Cumbria: Roudsea Wood and Mosses, Wedholme Flow and Bolton Fell Moss. Working closely with specialist contractors and using their experience and expertise meant that […]
