NEWS
Festive event proves popular
Date: December 21, 2018
Note: Please be aware that the link on this page will take you to a third-party website. Although the weather was cold the rain held off until just after the event finished. Participants were shown how to make a traditional Christmas wreath using natural materials gathered from the Mosses by the Natural England team. Wreath […]
Back from the brink film
Date: December 7, 2018
Note: Please be aware that the link on this page will take you to a third-party website. Please take a look at this important video about the restoration of Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses, part of the Marches Mosses BogLIFE project. Ellie Ryder made this film as the final for her MA in Wildlife Documentary […]
Fenn’s & Whixall NNR Shared Nitrogen Action Plan
Date: December 5, 2018
Note: Please be aware that the link on this page will take you to a third-party website. Shared Nitrogen Action Plans are a new approach to tackling atmospheric nitrogen pollution and its effects on sensitive habitats. Fenn’s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem & Cadney Mosses – collectively known as the Marches Mosses, has been identified as a site […]
Drone footage of cleared scrapyard
Date: December 7, 2018
You can get a bird’s eye view of the work that was done to transform the former scrapyard on the Marches Mosses in this video. Note: Please be aware that this link will take you to a third-party website.
Harvest mouse haven at Whixall
Date: November 29, 2018
September 29th and a fine Autumn morning found us carefully making our way through a wet meadow recently acquired by Shropshire Wildlife Trust, to check our “catch and release” small mammal traps. Despite being into my sixth decade, there is still a child-like excitement in anticipating what might be found and there was no doubting that […]
