Langlands Moss Restoration works underway
Peatland restoration underway to help restore Local Nature Reserve - Langlands Moss and surrounding woodland habitats.
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Ordinary moss
Ordinary moss is very common in gardens and woodlands. moss provides shelter for many minibeasts, so encourage it to grow in your garden by providing logs, stone piles and untidy areas.
Marsh hair moss
The marsh hair moss is the largest moss in the UK. Look out for it in damp woodland and on boggy heathlands where it forms large, green and spikey 'cushions'.
Yorkshire Peat Partnership: A music video on Fleet Moss
With the help of Yorkshire Peat Partnership, musician Sarah Smout filmed a music video on Fleet Moss which aims to raise awareness of the importance of peatlands.
Sphagnum moss
Sphagnum mosses carpet the ground with colour on our marshes, heaths and moors. They play a vital role in the creation of peat bogs: by storing water in their spongy forms, they prevent the decay…
Norway spruce
The Norway spruce was introduced into the UK from Scandinavia in the 16th century. It is familiar to us all as the 'original' Christmas tree and displays hanging, reddish-brown, oblong…
Marches Mosses marks 30-year milestone in fight against climate change
An internationally important lowland raised peat bog between England and Wales celebrates its 30th birthday as a National Nature Reserve (NNR) and its slow return to a natural environment.
Marches Mosses BogLIFE Project and Australian Wetlands Collaboration puts Arts Council England Funding to Work
Mosses and Marches: Exciting new international collaboration - as seen through the eyes of artists - questions how we think about and value natural environments through works centred on the raised…
Introducing our species showcases
Throughout 2024, we are celebrating peatland biodiversity through a series of monthly showcases featuring a particular peatland species or species group. Our first showcase introduces the Sphagnum…
Solar powered sea slug
This remarkable creature shows nature’s fantastic complexity!
Ugie Peatland Partnership welcomes restoration of local bog
Bog restoration works are expected to benefit local water quality and nature, as well as contribute to meeting our climate change targets. Members of the Ugie Peatland Partnership (UPP), who aim…
Species Showcase: Sphagnum
Sphagnum mosses are some of the most important peat-forming organisms in the UK. Healthy, low-nutrient peatlands, such as blanket bogs and raised bogs, are characterised by dense carpets of Sphagnum consisting of a multitude of individual plants. These provide a structurally complex substrate in which other organisms can thrive. Sphagnum can also be an important component of ground cover in a variety of fen types, as well as in wet woodlands ranging from fen alder carr to Atlantic oak and birch woods.