Sphagnum capillifolium © Gordon Haycock of Haycock and Jay Associates Ltd
Resources
Factsheets, reports and technical specifications for our work.
We have brought 42,800 ha of blanket bog (45% of the estimated total for our operational area) into restoration management*.
Bilberry © Tessa Levens
Yorkshire Peat Partnership reports
Reporting on our progress since 2009.
Yorkshire Peat Partnership 15 year report
Yorkshire Peat Partnership 15 year report
Annual report 2023-2024
Annual report 2022-2023
Annual report 2021-2022
10 years of restoring Yorkshire’s upland peatlands
Yorkshire Peat Partnership 2009 to 2017 summary report
Yorkshire Peat Partnership: Five years on
We have blocked 2,632 km of eroding grips and gullies and reprofiled 3,915 km of hags*.
Black darter (Sympetrum danae) © Manon Pue
Yorkshire Peat Partnership project reports
Reports from our projects across northern Yorkshire's peatlands
Dragons in the Dales
- Dragons in the Dales - summary report (https://www.yppartnership.org.uk/sites/default/files/2025-04/Dragons%20in%20the%20Dales%20-%20summary%20report.pdf)
- Dragons in the Dales - research report (https://www.yppartnership.org.uk/sites/default/files/2025-04/250417%20Final%20Research%20Report%20-%20Dragons%20in%20the%20Dales%20JM.pdf)
- Dragons in the Dales - report appendices (https://www.yppartnership.org.uk/sites/default/files/2025-04/Report%20appendices%20-%20Dragons%20in%20the%20Dales.zip)
Digger above Nidderdale © Jenny Sharman
Restoration resources
Technical specifications for our restoration works.
Yorkshire Peat Partnership survey specification
Yorkshire Peat Partnership works monitoring protocol
In our 2022/23 survey season, we completed over 1,710 ha of aerial surveys.
Satellite image of land cover
Earth observation resources
Factsheets on the satellites we use in our remote sensing work.
Find out more about blanket bog, sphagnum and our work through blog posts from our colleagues and partners...
*as at March 2023