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Last chance to solve the Peatlands Wordsearch

Date: April 20, 2020

The Marches Mosses remain closed, but the Peatlands Wordsearch is still live. We thought we’d give you one more chance to solve it before we reveal the answers later this week, so give it a go!          

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Name that Bird!

Date: April 17, 2020

The Marches Mosses remain closed. However, this might cheer up your Friday – can you name these birds?  We’ll post the answers next week. All photos by Stephen Barlow.

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Please Don’t Use Sky Lanterns

Date: April 16, 2020

Please don’t use sky lanterns tonight. They pose a huge risk to the Mosses and to the wildlife that calls them home, particularly birds like curlew which are currently protecting nests and eggs on the ground.  If a sky lantern set the Moss on fire, the results could be devastating! Be safe and Clap for […]

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Peatlands Wordsearch

Date: April 9, 2020

The Mosses remain closed, but this Wordsearch should fill a bit of your time! Let us know how many words you find.  

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Brimstones on the Marches Mosses

Date: April 1, 2020

  Fire and brimstone? Or a beautiful soft yellow butterfly? One heralds the wrath of the heavens, the other ushers in spring in the UK. It’s the brimstone butterfly, of course, that arrives on the Marches Mosses this time of year.  In Shropshire, brimstones have been seen as early as 15th March, or as late […]

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