Eyes on the Bog: The West Cavan Bog Association Sites
Two new sites Fartrin and Aughaween join the Eyes on the Bog network. Heather Bothwell of the West Cavan Bog Association picks up the story.
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New initiative to combine data across studies and sites to better inform peatland policy and practice
Researchers, practitioners and policy-makers from across Europe took part in a workshop in Newcastle to begin the process of finding a way to standardise the collection of environmental data so it…
Why treating all peatlands as 'replaceable' risks Welsh climate and nature ambitions: an IUCN UK PP response to Renewables UK
The IUCN UK Peatland Programme have issued a response to Renewables UK Cymru and the authors of a peatland position statement, released last week.
Paludiculture call for evidence for Peatland Code
We are inviting evidence for all paludiculture sites and all crop types, regardless of their success to help us to fully understand the current paludiculture landscape and seek funding for the…
Honeysuckle
A true wildlife 'hotel', Honeysuckle is a climbing plant that caters for all kinds of wildlife: it provides nectar for insects, prey for bats, nest sites for birds and food for small…
Black guillemot
Look out for the black guillemot all year-round at scattered coastal sites in Scotland, England, Wales and the Isle of Man. It tends not to travel far between seasons, breeding and wintering in…
Scottish peatland recognised as globally important by UNESCO World Heritage Site designation
Flow Country, a large expanse of blanket bog in the north of Scotland, had been inscribed as the world’s first World Heritage Site peatland.
How to build a bird box
With natural nesting sites in decline, adding a nestbox to your garden can make all the difference to your local birds.
Field cow-wheat
Once widespread, this attractive plant has declined as a result of modern agricultural practices and is now only found in four sites in South East England.
Greater water parsnip
Large scale drainage in the UK has seen a massive reduction in the range of this sensitive aquatic plant which now only occurs in around 50 sites in England.
Bladder campion
Bladder campion is so-called for the bladder-like bulge that sites just behind the five-petalled flower - this is actually the fused sepals. Look for it on grasslands, farmland and along hedgerows…
Heath fritillary
The rare heath fritillary was on the brink of extinction in the 1970s, but conservation action turned its fortunes around. It is still confined to a small number of sites in the south of England,…