NEWS
What makes a bog bounce?
Date: June 23, 2021
A healthy, un-cut peatbog has an interesting characteristic feature that you are unlikely to find in any other habitat on the planet: it’s surface will ripple like a bouncy castle if you walk on it*. “Bouncing bogs” are generally associated with a specific type of peatbog called a schwingmoor, or “quaking bog”. They are one […]
The Marches Mosses Star on Springwatch
Date: June 9, 2021
The Mosses took a star turn taken by the Mosses on BBC’s Springwatch on Friday 4 June. Watched by around 2 million viewers, presenter Megan McCubbin visited the Mosses for a good look around. In a five-minute piece, she pointed out the importance of this precious peatland as a home to wildlife, as well as […]
A Review of 30 Years of Hydrological Monitoring on the Marches Mosses
Date: June 4, 2021
Note: This post contains a link to an external website, in this case the hydrological review video. Recently, the BOGLife team hosted a webinar review of the hydrological monitoring on the Mosses. Host Robert Duff, the Marches Mosses Project Manager, explained that the aim was to share the findings of this review with a diverse […]
Tune in as BBC’s Springwatch Visits the Marches Mosses on Friday 4 June
Date: June 2, 2021
Note: This post contains links to an external website. Episode 8 of BBC’s Springwatch programme will feature a trip to the Marches Mosses by presenter Megan McCubbin. She’s heading to the Mosses to find out more about the work that the Natural England BogLIFE team are doing to restore the Mosses. This episode of Springwatch […]
Invasive Species Week on the Mosses
Date: May 26, 2021
NOTE: This post includes a link to another article withing the Meres and Mosses website. Invasive Species Week, 24-30 May, brings focus to native and non-native flora and fauna that overtake species that belong in a particular environment – the “wrong place, wrong plant” phrase that gardeners use, but applied to the wider environment. Here […]
