NEWS
Collaboration video shows mosses to schools
Date: July 7, 2022
Earlier this year, Anna Martin from Shropshire Wildlife Trust collaborated with Church In Wales for one of a series of videos being shown to their 52 Diocesan Schools. Church In Wales have produced four videos as part of an Earth, Wind, Fire and Water series. These elemental videos focused on ecological and spirituality issues, discussing […]
Conference – 20th July 2022: Restoring Lowland Peatland for Biodiversity & Carbon: Lessons from The Meres and Mosses
Date: July 20, 2022
*This conference is now at capacity. From now on, signups will be for online attendance via Teams.* On Wednesday 20th of July, Harper Adams will be hosting a conference that is supported by the LIFE Programme of the EU and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The conference is free to attend and will take place […]
BogLIFE Project wins two ICE awards
Date: May 5, 2022
On May 5th, the Marches Mosses BogLIFE Project was given two awards during the West Midlands Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) awards. Presented by ICE president Ed McCann and West Midlands regional chairwoman Vicky Bache, one was the Sustainability Category award, and the other was the Project of the Year award. Midlands regional director Jo […]
Planting 8000 Cotton Grass Plugs
Date: April 7, 2022
On Thursday 7th April, a team of Natural England staff and volunteers managed to plant 8000 plugs of Cotton Grass in an effort to restore the bog habitat of the Fenn’s, Whixall & Bettisfield Mosses. This has been undertaken as part of a larger multi-million pound project called Restoring Marches Mosses BogLIFE. Funded by an […]
Visited the Mosses Lately? Help us by completing our Visitor Survey.
Date: March 16, 2022
The Mosses at Dawn. Credit: Stephen Barlow Have you visited the Mosses lately? Been up to the Tower, out on the marked trails, walked up the lane to see the new bird hide on Sinker’s Fields? If so, you can help us to mark our progress in the regeneration of the Mosses by completing the […]
