We (Emma, Gautier and I) are on some peatland in a side dale off Wensleydale to set up five monitoring plots as part of the Ure Dales project (more on why this is important later) funded by Defra…

The language we use to discuss peatlands undermines and maligns them; they absolutely deserve more from us...

On 12th April, we will be opening a really special exhibition in Ilkley. It’s the culmination of a 2-year project to help people in the surrounding areas get closer to the peatlands – closer in…

Over recent years, we have seen increasing awareness about the use of peat in compost we buy...

As autumn trudges in, we trudge out onto the moors to start the restoration season, swaddled in layers, heads bowed in obeisance to the weather.

Swarth Moor is a pocket of unique and wonderful habitat within the Yorkshire Dales...

A spring transect across one of our restoration sites.

The Government’s Nature for Climate (NfC) funding scheme is drawing to a close in March 2025 (as far as we know) and we at Yorkshire Peat Partnership wanted to take a little time to celebrate what…

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.

There is more than meets the eye when gazing upon a blanket bog (upland peat bog) carpeted in sphagnum moss, shrubs and sedges.