NEWS
Starling flocks attracting the crowds
Date: December 2, 2019
Note: Please be aware that links on this page take you to a third-party website. The cold weather and clear skies have made viewing the starling murmuration at Whixall a must-see over the last few days. With the forecast looking good for the next week, more people are likely to be visiting the Whixall area […]
Mesmerizing murmuration over The Mosses
Date: November 28, 2019
Individually, starlings might seem unimportant birds. From a distance many people see them simply as black birds, often noisy and even described in some bird guides as pests. But from November on through the winter, starlings create amazing murmurations – gatherings of hundreds – even thousands – of birds at dusk, swooping and diving as […]
Pollution causes carnivorous plant to go vegetarian
Date: November 20, 2019
The Sundews on Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses have stopped eating insects. Scientists working on restoring the Mosses have noticed this phenomenon over the past year or so and have worked out the reason why this has happened. Note: Please be aware that the link on this page will take you to a third-party website. […]
Invitation to Tender: Viewing Tower – Design and Build
Date: November 12, 2019
Note: Please be aware that the link on this page will take you to third-party websites. We are offering a design and build contract for the roofed interpretation space – this will take the form of a Viewing Tower. We don’t have planning permission yet so we are proposing a two phase contract; Phase 1 […]
A peatbog is reborn
Date: October 30, 2019
Nine acres of former peatbog are being restored at Fenns’ Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve, as part of a trial new high-tech process will help to create new peatbog habitat on the Marches Mosses. Healthy peatbogs are vital in the fight against the climate crisis. Formed over 12,000 years ago and hidden away […]
