Spring on blanket bog
A spring transect across one of our restoration sites.
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Blanket bog
Bleak, treeless and often shrouded in low cloud, blanket bog can seem a desolate habitat. However, the wildness of the huge, empty landscapes and wide skies are compelling, as is the chance of…
Autumn on blanket bog
An autumnal transect across one of our restoration sites.
Summer on blanket bog
A summer transect across one of our restoration sites.
Winter on blanket bog
A winter transect across one of our restoration sites.
Conserving Bogs the management handbook
Updated (2019) edition of Conserving Bogs the management handbook
Raised bog
Unlike blanket bog, which smothers vast tracts of the uplands, raised bogs are discrete entities, often individually named, and are mostly found within agricultural landscapes in the lowlands.
Peat Project Intern: New to the Bog Life.
“A bog?”
Yes, a peat bog.
“What’s a peat bog?”
My new roots
Mary moved to Birmingham for her job and has found volunteering with The Wildlife Trust the perfect way to meet new people and put down roots in a new place.
Bog asphodel
The yellow, star-like flowers of bog asphodel brighten up our peat bogs, damp heaths and moors in early summer, attracting a range of pollinating insects.
The colours of a summer bog
As we look ahead to brighter weather in the coming months, I thought it would be nice to reflect on the wonders that a summer bog provides.
My new life
Working full time in a windowless room cut Sonja off from the natural world around her; but spending time in wild places has helped her to discover herself since a shock diagnosis two years ago.…