Peat cores evidence thousands of years of climate and environmental change. So, what are our cores telling us about Yorkshire’s landscape?

Hi! I’m Lucy and I joined Yorkshire Peat Partnership as the GIS & Remote Sensing Assistant last year. I have loved my time at YPP so far, but I think my experience is best introduced by the…

Two years ago we began restoration work on a site we have come to know as ‘East Gill’.

A summer transect across one of our restoration sites.

A winter transect across one of our restoration sites.

An autumnal transect across one of our restoration sites.

Peatland restoration takes a lot of time and costs a lot of money. So why are we so committed?

Andrew Fagg - Media Officer for one of our partners, Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority - takes a look at blanket bog restoration in the Yorkshire Dales.

Our Communications Officer considers what he's learned about peat since he started.

Blanket bog birds by the season
– what to expect through winter, spring, summer and autumn.